Anotochaetonoe michelbhaudi, Britayev & Martin, 2005

Britayev, T. A. & Martin, D., 2005, Scale-worms (Polychaeta, Polynoidae) associated with chaetopterid worms (Polychaeta, Chaetopteridae), with description of a new genus and species, Journal of Natural History 39 (48), pp. 4081-4099 : 4084

Anotochaetonoe michelbhaudi sp. nov.

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Figures

Figure 1. Anotochaetonoe michelbhaudi gen. and sp. nov. (A) Whole worm, lateral view; (B, C) anterior end, dorsal view; (D) anterior end, lateral view; (E) terminal view of the pharynx, showing papillae and teeth; (F) terminal view of anterior end, showing the buccal lips. (A, B, D, E) Holotype; (C, F) paratype. DL, dorsal lip; LL, lateral lips; VL, ventral lip. Scale bars are in mm.

Figure 2. Anotochaetonoe michelbhaudi gen. and sp. nov. (A) Anterior end, dorsal view; (B) anterior end, lateral view; (C) posterior end, dorsal view; (D) dorsal neurochaeta; (E) middle neurochaeta; (F) ventral neurochaeta. (A–F) Holotype. Scale bars are in mm.

Figure 3. Anotochaetonoe michelbhaudi gen. and sp. nov., elytron of paratype from unknown segment. (A) Entire view; (B) detail of the structure of the dorsal surface showing the polygonal units of pigmentation; (C) detail of the anterior edge. Scale bars are in mm.

Figure 4. Anotochaetonoe michelbhaudi gen. and sp. nov., parapodia. (A) 14th cirrigerous chaetiger, anterior view with details of prechaetal lobe; (B) 15th elytrigerous chaetiger, anterior view; (C) 13th cirrigerous chaetiger, anterodorsal view; (D) ciliated papilla from the ventral surface of neuropodia. (A, B) Holotype; (C) paratype. Scale bars are in mm.

Figure 5. Anotochaetonoe michelbhaudi gen. and sp. nov. inside the tube of the host. (A) Posterior end protruding from the tube of the host; (B) anterior end of symbiont in contact with body of host. Hh, head of host; Sh, head of symbiont; Sp, pygidium of symbiont. Scale bars are in mm.