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sinistral spiral tubeworm
Spirorbis spirorbis
Classification
- Class
- Polychaeta
- Order
- Sabellida
- Family
- Serpulidae
Spirorbis spirorbis or Spirorbis borealis is a small (3–4 mm) coiled sedentary marine polychaete worm in the Serpulidae family that lives attached to seaweeds and eel grass in shallow saltwater. It is commonly called the sinistral spiral tubeworm and is the type species of the genus Spirorbis. It was first described in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus as Serpula spirorbis.
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Distribution
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
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