Chloeia venusta

Chloeia venusta

Classification

Class: Polychaeta
Order: Amphinomida
Family: Amphinomidae

Chloeia is a genus of marine polychaete worms. Members of this genus are morphologically characterized by an elliptical body composed of certain number of segments, depending on the species, with external gills situated on both lateral sides of the back, each segment has a pair of them. Their number and repartition also depends on the species.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

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Chloeia venusta

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