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Lepidasthenia
Sign in to saveLepidasthenia is a genus of marine Polychaete worms belonging to the family Polynoidae (scale worms). Species of Lepidasthenia are found worldwide to depths of about 1200 m but are more common in shallower water.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumAnnelida
- ClassPolychaeta
- OrderPhyllodocida
- FamilyPolynoidae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 193
- With media
- 31
- Family
- Polynoidae
- Collections
- SIO, ICML-UNAM, CAS, USNM
- Recorded in
- United States, France, Mexico, Japan
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Lepidasthenia is a genus of marine Polychaete worms belonging to the family Polynoidae (scale worms). Species of Lepidasthenia are found worldwide to depths of about 1200 m but are more common in shallower water.
== Description ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lepidasthenia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.