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Phyllodoce (annelid)

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Phyllodoce
Phyllodoce lineata
with everted proboscis
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Phyllodoce

Lamarck, 1818 [1]
Type species
Phyllodoce laminosa
Savigny in Lamarck, 1818
Species
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Phyllodoce is a genus of polychaete worms, which contains about 200 species. 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]

Species

The World Register of Marine Species includes the following species in the genus :[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Read, G., Bellan, G. (2010). Read G, Fauchald K (eds.). "Phyllodoce Lamarck, 1818". World Polychaeta database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b 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. S2CID 85306247.