Poeobius

Poeobius is a genus of marine polychaete worm. It contains the single species Poeobius meseres.[1] [2]

Poeobius
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Subclass: Sedentaria
Order: Terebellida
Family: Flabelligeridae
Genus: Poeobius
Heath, 1930
Species:
P. meseres
Binomial name
Poeobius meseres
Heath, 1930

Description

The species is a passive detritivore, using a mucus net to capture marine snow as it hangs neutrally-buoyant midwater.[3] The gelatinous body consist of 11 poorly defined segments with no setae or external segmentation.[4] Only two septa remains, which divides the coelomic cavity into an anterior, middle and posterior coelom. There is no serial duplication of the internal organs.[5]

References
  1. Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2022). "World Polychaeta Database. Poeobius Heath, 1930". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 14 December 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Holopelagic Poeobius meseres ("Poeobiidae," Annelida) is derived from benthic flabelligerid worms
  3. A new southern record of the holopelagic annelid Poeobius meseres Heath, 1930 (Flabelligeridae)
  4. Progenetic species in polychaetes (Annelida) and problems assessing their phylogenetic affiliation
  5. Polychaetes & Allies: The Southern Synthesis


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