Acholoe (animal)

Acholoe squamosa is a species in the family Polynoidae (scale worms) and the only species in the genus Acholoe; it occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and North-east Atlantic Ocean.[2]

Acholoe squamosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Polychaeta
Order: Phyllodocida
Family: Polynoidae
Genus: Acholoe
Claparède, 1870[1]
Species:
A. squamosa
Binomial name
Acholoe squamosa
Delle Chiaje, 1827

Description

Body long, with numerous segments (50 to more than 100) and numerous pairs of elytra on segments 2, 4, 5, then on alternate segments to 23 and on every third segment thereafter. The prostomium is anteriorly rounded (without peaks) and the lateral antennae are inserted terminoventrally. Parapodia with elongate acicular lobes with both acicula penetrating epidermis. The notochaetae are stout, with distinct rows of spines and blunt tips; the neuroochaetae are unidentate (lack a secondary tooth at the tips) (see Barnich & Fiege, 2003 for more detailed diagnosis)[3].

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References
  1. Claparède, Edouard (1870). "Les Annélides Chetopodes du Golfe de Naples. Supplement". Memoires de la Societe de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Geneve. 20 (2): 365–542, pls 1-16.
  2. Read, Geoffrey B.; Fauchald, Kristian (2020). "The World Polychaeta Database".
  3. Barnich, R.; Fiege, D. (2003). "The Aphroditoidea (Annelida: Polychaeta) of the Mediterranean Sea". Abhandlugen der Senckebergische Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Frankfurt am Main. 559: 1–167.
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