- Source: Lepidonotus
Lepidonotus is a genus of marine annelids in the family Polynoidae (scale worms). The genus occurs globally and includes 80 species, usually found in shallow waters down to about 80 metres.
Description
Body dorsoventrally flattened, short, with 26 segments and 12 pairs of elytra on segments 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, and 23. Prostomium with three antennae; lateral antennae continuous with prostomium, laterally to median antenna. Parapodia with elongate acicular lobes with both acicula penetrating epidermis. Notochaetae slender and densely serrated. Neurochaetae much more stout, with rows of spines distally and unidentate and/or bidentate tips (see Barnich & Fiege, 2003 for detailed diagnosis)
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Species
The following species of Lepidonotus were accepted as valid as of June 2020:
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Lepidonotus
- Lepidonotus squamatus
- Chaeta
- Arctonoe vittata
- Parapodium
- Polynoidae
- Augenerilepidonotus
- Hippasteria
- List of Aedes species
- List of polychaete worms of South Africa
