Re: Today's mystery guest from Sulawesi

June 22, 2007
From: Leslie Harris

Concerning message #19380:

Hi Bill & Ken --
This is indeed a polychaete and a scaleworm in the family Polynoidae although I'm not convinced it's the anterior end. It is gorgeous - I've never seen that color before in a worm. The overlapping elytra (= scales) that account for the common name are most noticeable along the right side of the body. With it's inflated dorsal cirri (the club-shaped appendages) and the large macropapillae on the elytra it might be in the genus Asterophilia. The two described species are obligate commensals on echinoderms so this one's location on a muck bottom would be most unusual for the genus.

Cheers,
Leslie

lharris@nhm.org

Harris, L.H., 2007 (Jun 22) Re: Today's mystery guest from Sulawesi. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19991

Thanks Leslie,
I appreciate your efforts to educate us molluscophiles

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Jun 22). Comment on Re: Today's mystery guest from Sulawesi by Leslie Harris. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19991

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