Notoproctus is a genus of marine polychaete worms in the family Maldanidae. It is the only member of the subfamily Notoproctinae.[1][2]

Notoproctus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Clade: Sedentaria
Clade: Maldanomorpha
Family: Maldanidae
Subfamily: Notoproctinae
Detinova 1982
Genus: Notoproctus
Arwidsson 1906
Type species
Notoproctus oculatus
Arwidsson 1906
Species

Description

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Notoproctus worms are characterized by the presence of cephalic and pygidial plates, a cephalic plate with a low rim, a wide prostomium that forms a low keel, strongly curved nuchal grooves, notochaetae with long and thick capillaries, neurochaetae shaped as acicular spines or reduced uncini in the first four chaetigers (i.e. segments with chaetae), subsequent chaetigers with a row of rostrate uncini, a pygidium with a flat pygidial plate with a low rim, and an anus dorsal to the plate. They have 10 to 17 chaetigers, and some achaetous (i.e. without chaetae) segments before the pygidium.[1]

Classification

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This genus contains 9 species:[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Purschke G, Böggemann M, Schmidt-Rhaesa A, Westheide W, eds. (2021). Handbook of Zoology: Annelida. Vol. 3: Pleistoannelida, Sedentaria III and Errantia I. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 9783110291483.
  2. ^ Kobayashi, Genki; Goto, Ryutaro; Takano, Tsuyoshi; Kojima, Shigeaki (2018). "Molecular phylogeny of Maldanidae (Annelida): Multiple losses of tube-capping plates and evolutionary shifts in habitat depth". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 127: 332–344. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.04.036. ISSN 1055-7903.
  3. ^ Arwidsson (1906). "Notoproctus". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 10 December 2022.