Pectinaria (worm)
Encyclopedia
Pectinaria is a genus of sand tube-building annelid
fanworms in the family Pectinariidae
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Annelid
The annelids , formally called Annelida , are a large phylum of segmented worms, with over 17,000 modern species including ragworms, earthworms and leeches...
fanworms in the family Pectinariidae
Pectinariidae
Pectinariidae, or the trumpet worms or ice cream cone worms, are a family of marine polychaete worms that build sand tubes roughly resembling ice cream cones up to two inches long.-Genera:...
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Species
- Pectinaria articulata
- Pectinaria australisPectinaria australisPectinaria australis, , is one of at least ten species of polychaete worms of the family Pectinariidae. It is the only pectinariid species endemic to New Zealand.-References:*...
Ehlers, 1904 - Pectinaria belgica (Pallas, 1766)
- Pectinaria californiensis
- Pectinaria chilensis Nilsson, 1928
- Pectinaria gouldii Verrill
- Pectinaria granulata (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Pectinaria koreniLagis koreniLagis koreni, commonly known as the trumpet worm, is a species of marine polychaete worm found in European waters. It lives within a narrow conical tube tube made of grains of sand and shell fragments.-Taxonomy:...
(Malmgren, 1866) - Pectinaria longipes
- Pectinaria meridithi Long, 1973