Capitulatinoe
| Capitulatinoe | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Subclass: | Errantia |
| Order: | Phyllodocida |
| Family: | Polynoidae |
| Genus: | Capitulatinoe Hanley & Burke, 1989 |
| Type species | |
| Capitulatinoe cupisetis Hanley & Burke, 1989 [1] | |
Capitulatinoe is a genus of marine annelids in the family Polynoidae (scale worms). The genus includes a single species, Capitulatinoe cupisetis which occurs intertidally in northwestern Australia.[2]
Description[edit]
Capitulatinoe cupisetis is a long-bodied species, with up to 180 segments and 75 to at least 100 pairs of elytra. The antennae are located beneath the prostomium and the lateral antennae are inserted slightly dorsal to the median antenna. The neuropodium is rounded. Notochaetae are absent and there are only a few neurochaetae. The neurochaetae each have a distinctive half-moon shaped pocket on one side formed by a curved row of fine teeth and bidentate tips. [2]
Biology and Ecology[edit]
Capitulatinoe cupisetis has a commensal relationship with the sea star, Astropecten granulatus.
References[edit]
- ^ Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2020). World Polychaeta database. Capitulatinoe Hanley & Burke, 1989. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324934
- ^ a b Hanley, J. Russell and Burke, Melanie 1989. A new genus and species of commensal scaleworm (Polychaeta:Polynoidae) from Broome, Western Australia. The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences, 6(1): 97–103.