Leucia | |
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Leucia nivea (Polynoidae) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Annelida |
Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
Subclass: | Errantia |
Order: | Phyllodocida |
Family: | Polynoidae |
Genus: |
Leucia Malmgren, 1867 |
Type species | |
Polynoe nivea Sars, 1863
|
Leucia is a
genus of marine
polychaete worms belonging to the family
Polynoidae, the scaleworms. Leucia contains 2 species, both found in the northern Atlantic Ocean. This genus is distinguished from the closely related genus
Harmothoe by having sixteen pairs of
elytra, as opposed to fifteen.
[1]
Body short, 41 to 50 segments, 16 pairs of elytra. Anterior margin of prostomium with pair of acute anterior peaks. Lateral antennae inserted ventrally (beneath prostomium and median antenna). Antennae, palps, dorsal and ventral cirri papillated. First segment with chaetae. Notochaetae distinctly thicker than neurochaetae. Unidentate and bidentate neurochaetae present.
The World Register of Marine Species includes the following species in the genus: [2]
Leucia | |
---|---|
Leucia nivea (Polynoidae) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Annelida |
Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
Subclass: | Errantia |
Order: | Phyllodocida |
Family: | Polynoidae |
Genus: |
Leucia Malmgren, 1867 |
Type species | |
Polynoe nivea Sars, 1863
|
Leucia is a
genus of marine
polychaete worms belonging to the family
Polynoidae, the scaleworms. Leucia contains 2 species, both found in the northern Atlantic Ocean. This genus is distinguished from the closely related genus
Harmothoe by having sixteen pairs of
elytra, as opposed to fifteen.
[1]
Body short, 41 to 50 segments, 16 pairs of elytra. Anterior margin of prostomium with pair of acute anterior peaks. Lateral antennae inserted ventrally (beneath prostomium and median antenna). Antennae, palps, dorsal and ventral cirri papillated. First segment with chaetae. Notochaetae distinctly thicker than neurochaetae. Unidentate and bidentate neurochaetae present.
The World Register of Marine Species includes the following species in the genus: [2]