Australaugeneria

{{Automatic_taxobox | image = | image_caption = | image_upright = | image_alt = | taxon = Australaugeneria | authority = Pettibone, 1969<ref>{{cite web |last1=Read |first1=G. |last2=Fauchald |first2=K. |title=World Polychaeta database. Australaugeneria Pettibone, 1969 |url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324911 |website=World Register of Marine Species}}</ref> | synonyms = | type_species = ''Polynoe rutilans'' | type_species_authority = Grube, 1878 }}

'''''Australaugeneria''''' is a genus of marine annelids in the family Polynoidae (scale worms). The genus includes 4 species which are commensal on octocorals. == Description == Elytra 15 pairs, 36–40 segments. Lateral antennae inserted ventrally (beneath prostomium and median antenna). Neuropodia deeply incised vertically, so that the neurochaetae emerge from a prominent division between the pre-chaetal (=acicular) lobe and the post-chaetal lobe. Notochaetae present, hooked neurochaetae in anterior-most segments, bidentate neurochaetae absent (summarised from detailed diagnosis of Ravara & Cunha, 2016).<ref name=Ravara>Ravara, Ascensão; Cunha, Marina R. (2016). Two new species of scale worms (Polychaeta: Aphroditiformia) from deep-sea habitats in the Gulf of Cadiz (NE Atlantic). Zootaxa. 4097(3): 442–450</ref> == Ecology == All known species of ''Australaugeneria'' appear to be commensals on alcyonacean or gorgonian corals.<ref name=Ravara></ref><ref name=read> {{Cite web| last1 = Read| first1 = Geoffrey B.| last2 = Fauchald| first2 = Kristian| title = The World Polychaeta Database| date = 2020| url = http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/}} </ref> ==Species== Four species of ''Australaugeneria'' are accepted as valid as of June 2020:<ref name=read></ref> *''Australaugeneria iberica'' Ravara & Cunha, 2016 *''Australaugeneria michaelseni'' Pettibone, 1969 *''Australaugeneria pottsi'' Pettibone, 1969 *''Australaugeneria rutilans'' (Grube, 1878) == References == {{Reflist}}

Category:Phyllodocida Category:Polychaete genera