''Eulagisca uschakovi'' is a giant
scale worm known from the
Antarctic
The Antarctic ( or , American English also or ; commonly ) is a polar region around Earth's South Pole, opposite the Arctic region around the North Pole. The Antarctic comprises the continent of Antarctica, the Kerguelen Plateau and other ...
, in waters such as off
Mac.Robertson Land
Mac. Robertson Land is the portion of Antarctica lying southward of the coast between William Scoresby Bay and Cape Darnley. It is located at . In the east, Mac. Robertson Land includes the Prince Charles Mountains. It was named by the British ...
,
Palmer Archipelago and the
Weddell Sea, at depths of 10 to 920m.
Description
Specimens can grow to up to around 190mm in length and have 39 segments with 15 pairs of
elytra. The body is brownish at the mid-dorsum. The elytra are large and thin, with brownish splashes of pigmentation and fringe of sharp, pointed papillae along their margin. Wide, ovular
prostomium with the median antenna with a large ceratophore in an anterior notch and lateral antennae inserted terminally on anterior margin of prostomium.
Notochaetae are capillary-type and thicker than the capillary
Neurochaetae.
References
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Phyllodocida