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Lanice
Sign in to saveLanice, (also known as the sand mason worm), is a genus of burrowing marine polychaetes (commonly referred to as "bristle worms") typically found in the littoral zone.
Species
sandmason worm or sand mason worm
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumAnnelida
- ClassPolychaeta
- OrderTerebellida
- FamilyTerebellidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 190
- With media
- 19
- Family
- Terebellidae
- Collections
- SIO, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, USNM, FC-UNAM, CAS, LACM
- Recorded in
- Chile, Belgium, Norway, United States, Mexico, Argentina, Papua New Guinea, Australia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Terebellidae
- Image
- Lanice conchilega.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- Commons category
- Lanice
- taxon name
- Lanice
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon author citation
- Malmgren, 1866
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Species
- Habitat
- Behavior
- Further reading
Lanice, (also known as the sand mason worm), is a genus of burrowing marine polychaetes (commonly referred to as "bristle worms") typically found in the littoral zone.
thumb|left|A Lanice conchilega tube on the Dutch Wadden Sea shore
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lanice” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.