Poecilochaetus

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Poecilochaetus
Poecilochaetus serpens.jpg
Poecilochaetus serpens
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Polychaeta
Order: Spionida
Family: Poecilochaetidae
Genus: Poecilochaetus
Hannerz, 1956[1]
Species

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Poecilochaetus is a genus of marine worms within the Polychaeta. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Poecilochaetidae. Members of this genus are benthic worms that burrow into soft sediments.[2]

Species[]

The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species:-[1]

  • Nonato, 1963
  • Hartman, 1965
  • Imajima, 1989
  • Imajima, 1989
  • Imajima, 1989
  • Hartmann-Schröder, 1980
  • Pilato & Cantone, 1976
  • Claparède in Ehlers, 1875
  • Pilato & Cantone, 1976
  • Imajima, 1989
  • Mackie, 1990
  • Imajima, 1989
  • Kitamori, 1965
  • Hartman, 1939
  • Miura, 1988
  • Imajima, 1989
  • Brantley, 2009
  • Rullier, 1965
  • Leon-Gonzalez, 1992
  • Gallardo, 1968
  • Santos & Mackie, 2008
  • Santos & Mackie, 2008
  • Poecilochaetus serpens Allen, 1904
  • Mackie, 1990
  • Imajima, 1989
  • Read, 1986
  • Mackie, 1990
  • Imajima, 1989
  • Okuda, 1937
  • Gallardo, 1968
  • Levenstein, 1962

References[]

  1. ^ a b Fauchald, Kristian (2008). Read G, Fauchald K (eds.). "Poecilochaetus Claparède in Ehlers, 1875". World Polychaeta database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  2. ^ Australian Biological Resources Study (2000). Polychaetes & Allies: The Southern Synthesis. Csiro Publishing. p. 196. ISBN 978-0-643-06571-0.
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