| Aphroditidae | |
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| Aphrodita aculeata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Subclass: | Errantia |
| Order: | Phyllodocida |
| Suborder: | Aphroditiformia |
| Family: | Aphroditidae Malmgren, 1867 |
Aphroditidae is a family of annelids belonging to the order Phyllodocida. [1]
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Genera: [1]
Polychaeta is a paraphyletic class of generally marine annelid worms, commonly called bristle worms or polychaetes. Each body segment has a pair of fleshy protrusions called parapodia that bear many bristles, called chaetae, which are made of chitin. More than 10,000 species are described in this class. Common representatives include the lugworm and the sandworm or clam worm Alitta.
Wiwaxia is a genus of soft-bodied animals that were covered in carbonaceous scales and spines that protected it from predators. Wiwaxia fossils – mainly isolated scales, but sometimes complete, articulated fossils – are known from early Cambrian and middle Cambrian fossil deposits across the globe. The living animal would have measured up to 5 cm (2 inch) when fully grown, although a range of juvenile specimens are known, the smallest being 2 millimetres (0.079 in) long.
The annelids, also known as the segmented worms, are a large phylum, with over 22,000 extant species including ragworms, earthworms, and leeches. The species exist in and have adapted to various ecologies – some in marine environments as distinct as tidal zones and hydrothermal vents, others in fresh water, and yet others in moist terrestrial environments.
Eunoe barbata is a scale worm, described from Puget Sound and Monterey Bay in the North-east Pacific Ocean.
Eunoe hartmanae is a scale worm described from the Davis Sea, Antarctica at depths of 160–540 m.
Australaugeneria pottsi is a scale worm known from northern Australia from depths of 21m or less.
Eunoe serrata is a scale worm described from the South Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil at depths down to about 200m.
Gattyana amondseni is a scale worm described from the Arctic and North Atlantic Oceans at depths down to about 700 m.
Gattyana cirrhosa is a scale worm known from widespread locations in the North Atlantic, Arctic, and northwestern Pacific oceans, from the intertidal zone to depths of at least 1,200 m (3,900 ft).
Gattyana nutti is a scale worm known from the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of North America at depths down to about 120 m.
Gattyana pohaiensis is a scale worm described from the Yellow Sea at depth down to 26 m.
Hermadionella is a genus of marine polychaete worms belonging to the family Polynoidae, the scaleworms. Hermadionella contains 3 species which are known from the north-west Pacific and Arctic Oceans from the intertidal to depths of about 200 m.
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