Subadyte pellucida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Subclass: Errantia
Order: Phyllodocida
Family: Polynoidae
Genus: Subadyte
Species:
S. pellucida
Binomial name
Subadyte pellucida
(Ehlers, 1864)[1]

Subadyte pellucida is a scale worm widely reported from the Indian, Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans from the intertidal zone to depths of about 800 m.[2][3][4]

Description

Subadyte pellucida is a short-bodied worm with about 40 segments and 15 pairs of elytra, which bear a marginal fringe of papillae. The lateral antennae are positioned ventrally on the prostomium, directly beneath median antenna ceratophore. The notochaetae are about as thick as the neurochaetae, which also possess bidentate tips.[5]

Biology and ecology

Subadyte pellucida is a commensal organism, living on host brittle stars and sea stars, but can also be free-living.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2020). World Polychaeta database. Subadyte pellucida (Ehlers, 1864). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130833
  2. ↑ Ehlers, E. H. (1864). Die Borstenwürmer (Annelida Chaetopoda) nach systematischen und anatomischen Untersuchungen dargestellt. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1985759
  3. ↑ Johnston, G. (1865). A catalogue of the British non-parasitical worms in the collection of the British Museum. [book]. 1-365. British Museum. London. [See also separate entry for Baird supplement]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12291
  4. 1 2 Pettibone, Marian H. (1993). Scaled polychaetes (Polynoidae) associated with ophiuroids and other invertebrates and review of species referred to Malmgrenia McIntosh and replaced by Malmgreniella Hartman, with descriptions of new taxa. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 538: 1-92., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/5682
  5. ↑ Pettibone MH (1993) Scaled polychaetes (Polynoidae) associated with ophiuroids and other invertebrates and review of species referred to Malmgrenia McIntosh and replaced by Malmgreniella Hartman, with descriptions of new taxa. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 538: 1–9. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.538.
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