Parasclerocheilus
Appearance
Parasclerocheilus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Annelida |
Class: | Polychaeta |
Order: | Opheliida |
Family: | Scalibregmatidae |
Genus: | Parasclerocheilus Fauvel, 1928 |
Parasclerocheilus is a genus of worms in the family, Scalibregmatidae, first described by Pierre Fauvel in 1928.[1][2]
They are segmented marine worms, living on the sea bottom in mud at depths of about 400 m.[3]
There are three species in the genus:[1]
- Parasclerocheilus branchiatus Fauvel, 1928
- Parasclerocheilus capensis Day, 1961
- Parasclerocheilus parva
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Parasclerocheilus Fauvel, 1928". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
- ^ Pierre Fauvel (1928). "Annélides Polychètes nouvelles de l'Inde. II". Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (in French). 34 (2): 159–165. ISSN 1148-8425. Wikidata Q111091371.
- ^ "maggot worms - Encyclopedia of Life: Parasclerocheilus Fauvel 1928". eol.org. Retrieved 4 October 2022.