Eunice (genus)
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Bobbit worm ( Eunice aphroditois ) |
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Eunice is a genus of annelid worms from the class of polychaete (polychaetes). The animals of this genus can reach a body length of up to 300 centimeters. Your body can be made up of several hundred segments; for example, the so-called bobbit worm ( Eunice aphroditois ) has almost 700 segments. The animals have two eyes and five long tactile processes (antennae or palps ) at the front end. Their skin is dark brown to reddish brown
Their habitat is the bottom of the oceans, where they are found worldwide.
Types (selection)
The marinespecies.org database lists several hundred species.
- Eunice afra Peters, 1854
- Eunice antennata (Savigny, 1820)
- Eunice aphroditois Pallas, 1788 ("Bobbit worm")
- Eunice australis Quatrefagus, 1865
- Eunice bilobata Treadwell, 1906
- Eunice borneensis (pit, 1878)
- Eunice denticulata
- Eunice filamentosa
- Eunice fuscafasciata (Treadwell, 1922)
- Eunice norvegica (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Eunice pennata (OV Müller, 1776)
- Eunice perimensis Engraving, 1901
- Eunice perrieri engraving, 1900
- Eunice petersi Fauchald, 1992
- Eunice philippinensis Hartmann-Schröder & Zibrowius, 1998
- Eunice Philocorallia Buchanan, 1893
- Eunice plessisi Rullier, 1972
- Eunice plicata Baird, 1869
- Eunice polybranchia (Verrill, 1880)
- Eunice prayensis Kinberg, 1865
- Eunice procera pit, 1866
- Eunice profunda Miura, 1987
- Eunice tovarae Carrera-Parra & Salazar-Vallejo, 2011
- Eunice uschakovi Wu, Sun & Liu, 2013
- Eunice vittata (Delle Chiaje, 1828)
literature
- Terrence M. Gosliner, David W. Behrens, and Gary C. Williams: Coral Reef Animals of the Indo-Pacific: Animal Life from Africa to Hawai'i Exclusive of the Vertebrates. Sea Challengers Inc., Monterey (California) 1996, ISBN 978-0930118211 .
- K. Fauchald: A review of the genus Eunice (Polychaeta: Eunicidae) based upon type material. In: Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. Volume 523, 1992, pp. 1-422.
- I. Bennett: WJ Dakin's classic study: Australian Seashores. P. 190, Angus & Robertson, Sydney 1987.
- K. Davey: A Photographic Guide to Seashore Life of Australia. P. 37, New Holland, Sydney 1998.
- GJ Edgar: Australian Marine Life: the plants and animals of temperate waters. P. 159, Reed Books, Kew 1997
- L. Fishelson and F. Rullier: Quelques Annelides Polychetes de la Mer Rouge. In: Israel Journal of Zoology. Volume 18, 1969, pp. 49-117.
- Dennis P. Gordon (Ed.): New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. Canterbury University Press, 2009, ISBN 9781877257933
- R. Phillips Dales: Annelids. P. 110. Hutchison and Company, London 1963.
- SA Shepherd and IM Thomas: Marine Invertebrates of Victoria, Pt. 1. p. 257, South Australian Government Printer, Adelaide 1982
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Fauchald, K .: A review of the genus Eunice (Polychaeta: Eunicidae) based upon type material . In: Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology . 523, 1992, pp. 1-422. doi : 10.5479 / si.00810282.523 .
- ↑ Marinespecies.org: Overview of the species of the genus
- ^ Carrera-Parra, LF & Salazar-Vallejo, SI (2011). Redescriptions of Eunice filamentosa and E. denticulata and description of E. tovarae n. Sp. (Polychaeta: Eunicidae) highlighted with morphological and molecular data. In: Zootaxa. 2880: 51-64.
- ^ Wu, Sun, Liu: A new species of Eunice (Polychaeta: Eunicidae) from Hainan Island, South China Sea . In: Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology . 31, No. 1, 2013, pp. 134-139. doi : 10.1007 / s00343-013-2014-5 .