Dipolydora quadrilobata

Dipolydora quadrilobata

Classification

Class: Polychaeta
Order: —
Family: Spionidae

Polydora is a genus of annelid worms. It contains marine polychaete species that live in mud, holes bored in rocks, and holes bored in the shells of shellfish. Some shell- and rock-boring polydora worms leave a characteristic double hole in the rock and shells in which they burrow.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

DescriptionPolydora (annelid), Wikipedia contributors

Dipolydora quadrilobata

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