Poecilochaetus
Poecilochaetus serpens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Subclass: Sedentaria
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]

  • Poecilochaetus australis Nonato, 1963
  • Poecilochaetus bermudensis Hartman, 1965
  • Poecilochaetus bifurcatus Imajima, 1989
  • Poecilochaetus clavatus Imajima, 1989
  • Poecilochaetus elongatus Imajima, 1989
  • Poecilochaetus exmouthensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1980
  • Poecilochaetus fauchaldi Pilato & Cantone, 1976
  • Poecilochaetus fulgoris Claparède in Ehlers, 1875
  • Poecilochaetus gallardoi Pilato & Cantone, 1976
  • Poecilochaetus granulatus Imajima, 1989
  • Poecilochaetus hystricosus Mackie, 1990
  • Poecilochaetus ishikariensis Imajima, 1989
  • Poecilochaetus japonicus Kitamori, 1965
  • Poecilochaetus johnsoni Hartman, 1939
  • Poecilochaetus koshikiensis Miura, 1988
  • Poecilochaetus magnus Imajima, 1989
  • Poecilochaetus martini Brantley, 2009
  • Poecilochaetus modestus Rullier, 1965
  • Poecilochaetus multibranchiatus Leon-Gonzalez, 1992
  • Poecilochaetus paratropicus Gallardo, 1968
  • Poecilochaetus perequensis Santos & Mackie, 2008
  • Poecilochaetus polycirratus Santos & Mackie, 2008
  • Poecilochaetus serpens Allen, 1904
  • Poecilochaetus spinulosus Mackie, 1990
  • Poecilochaetus tokyoensis Imajima, 1989
  • Poecilochaetus trachyderma Read, 1986
  • Poecilochaetus tricirratus Mackie, 1990
  • Poecilochaetus trilobatus Imajima, 1989
  • Poecilochaetus tropicus Okuda, 1937
  • Poecilochaetus vietnamita Gallardo, 1968
  • Poecilochaetus vitjazi Levenstein, 1962

References

  1. 1 2 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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