Onuphis holobranchiata Marenzeller, 1879

Siddique, Alfisa, Purushothaman, Jasmine, Bhowal, Aishee & Mandal, Sumit, 2021, Distribution and diversity of Polychaeta (Phylum: Annelida) in the Northern coastal waters of Bay of Bengal, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 121 (4), pp. 453-463 : 455

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https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v121/i4/2021/148098

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scientific name

Onuphis holobranchiata Marenzeller, 1879
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5. Onuphis holobranchiata Marenzeller, 1879 View in CoL

1879. Onuphis holobranchiata Marenzeller, Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss ,

Math. Naturwiss. Kl., Wien., 41 (2): 132–134, fig. 1.

Diagnosis: Body has dark brown pigmentation. The anterior part is cylindrical due to eversible pharynx. Median and posterior parts have slight dorsal flattening, almost circular in transverse section; have poorly developed branchiae and fit closely into their tubes ( Paxton, 1986).

Distribution: India - West coast of India from Cape Comorin to Dwarka ( Joydas & Damodaran, 2009), Trivandrum, Nellore, Nizamapatnam ( Musale & Desai, 2011). World - Red Sea, Arabian Gulf ( Wehe & Fiege, 2002).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Annelida

Class

Polychaeta

Order

Eunicida

Family

Onuphidae

Genus

Onuphis

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