Eulagisca puschkini

Eulagisca puschkini is a scale worm that is only known from a single specimen collected at a depth of 32m by a SCUBA diver in the Ross Sea.

Description

Eulagisa puschkini has 40 segments and 15 pairs of elytra, and has a brownish pigment. Lateral antennae are inserted terminally on the anterior margin of the prostomium. Notochaetae are distinctly thicker than neurochaetae, and bidentate neurochaetae are present.