Red Commensal Scale Worm

Arctonoe pulchra

Classification

Class: Polychaeta
Order: Phyllodocida
Family: Polynoidae

Arctonoe is a genus of worms in the family Polynoidae. They are commonly known as "scale worms". Members of this genus predominantly occur in shallow (50 metres or less) waters of the north-eastern Pacific Ocean and often live as commensals of other marine invertebrates, frequently echinoderms but sometimes molluscs or other polychaetes.

Distribution

Red Commensal Scale Worm — (c) B Staffan Lindgren, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by B Staffan Lindgren · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 59Canada · 45

Sources and credits

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Red Commensal Scale Worm

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