twelve-scaled worm

Lepidonotus squamatus

Classification

Class: Polychaeta
Order: Phyllodocida
Family: Polynoidae

Lepidonotus squamatus is a species of polychaete worm, commonly known as a "scale worm", in the family Polynoidae. This species occurs in both the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. It was first described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 as Aphrodita squamata but was later transferred to the genus Lepidonotus.

Distribution

twelve-scaled worm — Costa DA, Dolbeth M, Prata J, da Silva FA, da Silva GMB, de Freitas PRS, Christoffersen ML, de Lima SFB, Massei K, de Lucena RFP · CC BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United Kingdom · 84France · 80Netherlands · 13Germany · 3Belgium · 1

Sources and credits

PhotoCosta DA, Dolbeth M, Prata J, da Silva FA, da Silva GMB, de Freitas PRS, Christoffersen ML, de Lima SFB, Massei K, de Lucena RFP · CC BY DescriptionLepidonotus squamatus, Wikipedia contributors

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