Polychaeta |
Eunicida |
Eunicidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 273 - 324 m (Ref. 128064). Tropical
Western Central Pacific: Papua New Guinea (New Ireland).
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
This species can be distinguished from other congeners by the following set of characters: presence of eyes; having bidentate subacicular hooks starting from chaetigers 13-52 and the branchiae starting from chaetigers 14-20; and, having 3 different type of pectinate chaetae (Ref. 128064).
A deep-sea species collected inside banana leaves thought to be drawn from the runoff of rivers that traverse coastal waters (Ref. 128064).
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Lavesque, N., G. Daffe, C. Glasby, S. Hourdez and P. Hutchings 2022 Three new deep-sea species of Marphysa (Annelida, Eunicida, Eunicidae) from Papua New Guinea (Bismarck and Solomon seas). ZooKeys 1122:81-105. (Ref. 128064)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
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