Haplosyllis agelas
| Haplosyllis agelas | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Subclass: | Errantia |
| Order: | Phyllodocida |
| Family: | Syllidae |
| Genus: | Haplosyllis |
| Species: | H. agelas
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| Binomial name | |
| Haplosyllis agelas Uebelacker, 1982
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Haplosyllis agelas is a species of polychaete worm in the family Syllidae,[1] found in the Bahamas.[2] Its host is the demosponge Agelas dispar, of which the species epithet is named after.[1][2][3]
Description
H. agelas is orange-yellow in colour and grows to about 1 to 2 cm in length, with a width of 0.6 to 1 mm.[2] It has four small, lentigerous, red eyes and large palps.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Haplosyllis agelas". WoRMS.
- ^ a b c Lattig, Patricia; Martin, Daniel (September 2009). "A Taxonomic Revision Of The Genus Haplosyllis Langerhans, 1887 (Polychaeta: Syllidae: Syllinae)". Zootaxa.
- ^ a b Uebelacker, John (1982). "Haplosyllis Agelas, a New Polychaetous Annelid (Syllidae) from the Bahamas". Bulletin of Marine Science.