Eulagisca uschakovi
Eulagisca uschakovi is a giant scale worm known from the Antarctic, in waters such as off Mac.Robertson Land, Palmer Archipelago and the Weddell Sea, at depths of 10 to 920m.[2]
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| Dorsal view of a Eulagisca uschakovi specimen from Museums Victoria | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Class: | Polychaeta |
| Order: | Phyllodocida |
| Family: | Polynoidae |
| Genus: | Eulagisca |
| Species: | E. uschakovi |
| Binomial name | |
| Eulagisca uschakovi Pettibone, 1997[1] | |
Description
Specimens can grow to up to around 190mm in length. The body is brownish at the mid-dorsum. Elytra are large and thin, with brownish splashes of pigmentation and sharp, pointed papillae. Wide, ovular prostomium with the median antenna with a large ceratophore in an anterior notch. Notochaetae capillary type, and slightly thicker than the capillary Neurochaetae.[2]
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References
- Read, G.; Fauchald, K. "World Polychaeta database. Eulagisca uschakovi". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
- Pettibone, M. (1997). "Revision of the scaleworm genus Eulagisca McIntosh (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) with the erection of the subfamily Eulagiscinae and the new genus Pareulagisca". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Washington. 110 (4): 537–551.
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