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Dodecaceria
Sign in to saveDodecaceria is a genus of marine polychaete worms in the family Cirratulidae. It's also one of the very few polychaete genera with a verified fossil record.
Species
Fringed Filament Worm
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumAnnelida
- ClassPolychaeta
- OrderTerebellida
- FamilyCirratulidae
Habitatmarine
Observations758
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 441
- With media
- 36
- Family
- Cirratulidae
- Collections
- SDNHM, FCB-UANL, SIO, ICML-UNAM, YPM, USNM
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, French Polynesia
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Fossil record
- Species
- References
Dodecaceria is a genus of marine polychaete worms in the family Cirratulidae. It's also one of the very few polychaete genera with a verified fossil record.
The genus contains bioluminescent species.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dodecaceria” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.