Bruunilla nealae
| Bruunilla nealae | |
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| Bruunilla nealae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Subclass: | Errantia |
| Order: | Phyllodocida |
| Family: | Polynoidae |
| Genus: | Bruunilla |
| Species: | B. nealae |
| Binomial name | |
| Bruunilla nealae Bonifácio & Menot, 2018[1] | |
Bruunilla nealae is a deep-sea scale worm that is known from a single specimen collected from the Clarion-Clipperton fracture zone in the Pacific Ocean from a depth of about 5000 m.[2]
Description
Bruunilla nealae is a short-bodied worm with up to about 18 segments and 8 pairs of elytra. It is pale white and slightly translucent in life, but a pale yellow when preserved in ethanol. The species lacks lateral antennae and the notochaetae are thinner than the neurochaetae.[2]
References
- ^ Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2020). World Polychaeta database. Bruunilla nealae Bonifácio & Menot, 2018. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1311135
- ^ a b Bonifácio, Paulo; Menot, Lénaïck. (2019). New genera and species from the Equatorial Pacific provide phylogenetic insights into deep-sea Polynoidae (Annelida). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 185(3): 555-635 [published online 14 November 2018; printed publication 27 February 2019]., available online at https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/185/3/555/5181329