Polynoinae

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

This oblique view of the head shows the posterior eyes, which are visible dorsally, plus the anterior pair of eyes which are covered over by a flap of the prostomium. The two lateral prostomial antennae are seen to be inserted ventral to the median antenna. The anterior elytra were removed for this view.

The elytra are fringed with fine papillae, especially along the posterior edges (to the right in this photo).

Harmothoe imbricata, about 3 cm long. A few of the anterior elytra have fallen off this individual, revealing the segments underneath. This individual was living within the tube of another polychaete in Fidalgo marina. (Photo by: Dave Cowles, July 2009)