Chaetopterus luteus

Chaetopterus luteus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Annelida
Class:	Polychaeta
Family:	Chaetopteridae
Genus:	Chaetopterus
Species:	C. luteus
Binomial name
	Chaetopterus luteus; Stimpson, 1855

Last updated August 04, 2025

Chaetopterus luteus is a species of parchment worm, a marine polychaete in the family Chaetopteridae.^[1]

Taxonomy

Chaetopterus luteus was formerly synonymized with C. variopedatus , but is now recognized as a distinct species.^[2]^[3]

References

↑ WoRMS. "Chaetopterus luteus Stimpson, 1855". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2025-08-03.
↑ Nishi, Eijiro; Kohtsuka, Hisanori (2005). "[A new record of Chaetopterus luteus Stimpson, 1855 (Polychaeta, Chaetopteridae) from Japan with comparison of morphology of nest tube in the genus]". Nanki Seibutsu (in Japanese). 47 (1): 17–25. ISSN 0389-7842.
↑ Moore, Jenna M.; Nishi, Eijiroh; Rouse, Greg W. (2017). "Phylogenetic analyses of Chaetopteridae (Annelida)". Zoologica Scripta. 46 (5): 596–610. doi:10.1111/zsc.12238.

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[1] WoRMS. "Chaetopterus luteus Stimpson, 1855". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2025-08-03.

[2] Nishi, Eijiro; Kohtsuka, Hisanori (2005). "[A new record of Chaetopterus luteus Stimpson, 1855 (Polychaeta, Chaetopteridae) from Japan with comparison of morphology of nest tube in the genus]". Nanki Seibutsu (in Japanese). 47 (1): 17–25. ISSN 0389-7842.

[3] Moore, Jenna M.; Nishi, Eijiroh; Rouse, Greg W. (2017). "Phylogenetic analyses of Chaetopteridae (Annelida)". Zoologica Scripta. 46 (5): 596–610. doi:10.1111/zsc.12238.

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