Augenerilepidonotus

Augenerilepidonotus dictyolepis is a species of marine annelids in the family Polynoidae (scale worms) and the sole member of the genus Augenerilepidonotus. It is known from Australia, usually from depths of about 40 metres or less.[1]

Augenerilepidonotus
Anterior of specimen from Museums Victoria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Polychaeta
Order: Phyllodocida
Family: Polynoidae
Genus: Augenerilepidonotus
Pettibone, 1995
Species:
A. dictyolepis
Binomial name
Augenerilepidonotus dictyolepis
Haswell, 1883

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 2. Prostomium with three antennae; lateral antennae continuous with prostomium, laterally to median antenna. elytra covered with chitinous irregular polygonal areas. Notochaetae slender and densely serrated. Neurochaetae much more stout, with few rows of spines distally and exclusively unidentate tips (see Pettibone, 1995 for detailed diagnosis) .[2]

Augenerilepidonotus dictyolepis is very similar to species of Lepidonotus, differing only by the polygonal ornamentation of the elytra.[2]

References
  1. Read, Geoffrey B.; Fauchald, Kristian (2020). "The World Polychaeta Database".
  2. Pettibone, Marian H. (1995). "New genera for two polychaetes of Lepidonotinae". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 108 (4): 577–582.
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