Read, Geoffrey B.; Nogueira, João Miguel de Matos. (2015). A probable non-annelid origin of pods attached to Amaeana ellobophora (Annelida: Polycirridae). Zootaxa. 4048(3): 428-430.

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10.11646/zootaxa.4048.3.5 [view]

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:113408A5-A799-4250-9658-1D47B25064E7 [view]

Read, Geoffrey B.; Nogueira, João Miguel de Matos

2015

4048(3): 428-430

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World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb). Open access at Zootaxa

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There is an alternative explanation to the proposal by Nogueira et al. (2015) that the polycirrid Amaeana ellobophora Nogueira, Carrerette & Hutchings, 2015 is a species which broods eggs in attached cocoons. We suggest that the pods observed fixed to the anterior of one worm are instead highly modified parasitic copepods (Arthropoda: Crustacea: Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida), and thus do not provide any information on the reproductive mode of Amaeana Hartman species.

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Annelida
Polychaeta

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