Australaugeneria michaelseni

Australaugeneria michaelseni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Annelida
Class:	Polychaeta
Order:	Phyllodocida
Family:	Polynoidae
Genus:	Australaugeneria
Species:	A. michaelseni
Binomial name
	Australaugeneria michaelseni; Pettibone, 1969[1]

Australaugeneria michaelseni is a scale worm known from northern Australia and Papua New Guinea from depths of 30m or less.[2][3]

Description

Number of segments 36; elytra 15 pairs. Depigmented. Lateral antennae inserted ventrally (beneath prostomium and median antenna). Notochaetae about as thick as neurochaetae. Bidentate neurochaetae absent.[4]

Commensalism

Australaugeneria michaelseni is commensal. Its host taxa are alcyonacean corals.

References

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2020). World Polychaeta database. Australaugeneria michaelseni Pettibone, 1969. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=327024
Pettibone, Marian H. 1969. Review of some species referred to Scalisetosus McIntosh (Polychaeta, Polynoidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 82: 1-30., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3412
Pettibone, Marian H. 1969. Australaugeneria pottsi, new name for Polynoe longicirrus Potts, from the Maldive Islands (Polychaeta: Polynoidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 82: 519–524.
Fauchald, K.; Wilson, R.S. (2003). "Polynoidae (Polychaeta)-A DELTA database of genera, and Australian species". In R.S. Wilson; P.A. Hutchings; C. J. Glasby (eds.). Polychaetes: An Interactive Identification Guide. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing.

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[1] Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2020). World Polychaeta database. Australaugeneria michaelseni Pettibone, 1969. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=327024

[2] Pettibone, Marian H. 1969. Review of some species referred to Scalisetosus McIntosh (Polychaeta, Polynoidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 82: 1-30., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3412

[3] Pettibone, Marian H. 1969. Australaugeneria pottsi, new name for Polynoe longicirrus Potts, from the Maldive Islands (Polychaeta: Polynoidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 82: 519–524.

[4] Fauchald, K.; Wilson, R.S. (2003). "Polynoidae (Polychaeta)-A DELTA database of genera, and Australian species". In R.S. Wilson; P.A. Hutchings; C. J. Glasby (eds.). Polychaetes: An Interactive Identification Guide. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing.