Bruunilla natalensis explained

Bruunilla natalensis is a deep-sea scale worm that is known from a single specimen collected from the Mozambique Basin in the Indian Ocean from a depth of about 5000 m.^{[1] [2]}

Description

Bruunilla natalensis is a short-bodied worm with up to about 18 segments and 8 pairs of elytra. It is grey without patterns and lacks lateral antennae.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Hartman, Olga. (1971). Abyssal polychaetous annelids from the Mozambique Basin off southeast Africa, with a compendium of abyssal polychaetous annelids from world-wide areas. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada. 28(10): 1407-1428., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f71-219
2. Pettibone, M. H. (1979). Redescription of Bruunilla natalensis Hartman (Polychaeta: Polynoidae), originally referred to Fauveliopsidae. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 92(2): 384-388., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35514095#page/408/mode/1up