Australaugeneria pottsi explained

Australaugeneria pottsi is a scale worm known from northern Australia from depths of 21m or less.^{[1] [2]}

Description

Number of segments 38; elytra 15 pairs. Depigmented. Lateral antennae inserted ventrally (beneath prostomium and median antenna). Notochaetae distinctly thicker than neurochaetae, or thinner than neurochaetae. Bidentate neurochaetae absent.^[3]

Commensalism

A. pottsi is commensal. Its host taxa are alcyonacean corals.

Notes and References

1. Pettibone, Marian H. 1969. Australaugeneria pottsi, new name for Polynoe longicirrus Potts, from the Maldive Islands (Polychaeta: Polynoidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 82: 519-524.
2. Potts, F.A. (1910). Polychaeta of the Indian Ocean. Part II. The Palmyridae, Aphroditidae, Polynoidae, Acoetidae and Sigalionidae. The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Second Series, Zoology. 13(2): 325-353, plates 18-21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16399262
3. Book: CSIRO Publishing. R.S. Wilson . P.A. Hutchings . C. J. Glasby . Fauchald. K.. Wilson. R.S.. Polychaetes: An Interactive Identification Guide. Polynoidae (Polychaeta)-A DELTA database of genera, and Australian species. Melbourne. 2003.