''Australaugeneria rutilans'' is a scale worm known from northern

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and the

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, from depths of 28m or less.

Description

Number of segments 40;

elytra An elytron (; ; : elytra, ) is a modified, hardened forewing of beetles (Coleoptera), though a few of the true bugs (Hemiptera) such as the family Schizopteridae are extremely similar; in true bugs, the forewings are called hemelytra (sometime ...

15 pairs. Clear, white no pigments other than black eyes. Lateral antennae inserted ventrally (beneath

prostomium The prostomium (From Ancient Greek, meaning "before the mouth"; : prostomia; sometimes also called the "acron") is the Cephalization, cephalized first body segment in an annelid worm's body at the anterior end. It is in front of (but does not in ...

and median antenna). Notochaetae about as thick as neurochaetae. Bidentate neurochaetae absent.

Commensalism

''Australaugeneria rutilans'' is

commensal Commensalism is a long-term biological interaction (symbiosis) in which members of one species gain benefits while those of the other species neither benefit nor are harmed. This is in contrast with mutualism, in which both organisms benefit f ...

. Its host taxa are

alcyonacea Alcyonacea is the old scientific order name for the informal group known as "soft corals". It is now an unaccepted name for class Octocorallia. It became deprecated . The following text should be considered a historical, outdated way of treatin ...

n corals.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2391902 Phyllodocida