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Rhodine
Sign in to saveRhodine is a genus of capitellid segmented worms in the family Maldanidae. ==Morphology== Rhodine worms have a head with a transverse ridge on the posterior part of their peristomium; their neurochaetae begin on the fifth chaetiger (i.e. any segment with chaetae); they present double rows of uncini in median and posterior chaetigers; they have an indeterminate number of chaetigers; and their posterior segments have posteriorly directed collars. ==References==
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 204
- With media
- 48
- Family
- Maldanidae
- Collections
- USNM
- Recorded in
- United States, Antarctica
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- Parent taxon
- Maldanidae
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Rhodine is a genus of capitellid segmented worms in the family Maldanidae. ==Morphology== Rhodine worms have a head with a transverse ridge on the posterior part of their peristomium; their neurochaetae begin on the fifth chaetiger (i.e. any segment with chaetae); they present double rows of uncini in median and posterior chaetigers; they have an indeterminate number of chaetigers; and their posterior segments have posteriorly directed collars. ==References==
==External links==
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