Phyllodoce (worm)

For other uses, see Phyllodoce (disambiguation).
Phyllodoce
Phyllodoce lineata with everted proboscis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Polychaeta
Order: Aciculata
Family: Phyllodocidae
Genus: Phyllodoce
Lamarck, 1818
Type species
Phyllodoce laminosa
Savigny in Lamarck, 1818

Phyllodoce is a genus of polychaete worms, which contains about 120 species.[1] The prostomium bears eyes, two pairs of antennae and a pair of large retractile nuchal organs.[2] The eversible proboscis is clearly divided into two parts.[2]

References

  1. World Register of Marine Species link: Phyllodoce (+species list)
  2. 1 2 Pleijel, Fredrik (1991). "Phylogeny and classification of the Phyllodocidae (Polychaeta)". Zoologica Scripta. 20 (3): 225–261. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1991.tb00289.x.


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