🦋 Family

Nereididae

5 species · Animals

Animalia › Annelida › Polychaeta › Phyllodocida › Nereididae

Nereis vexillosa, the mussel worm, is a Pacific and Southern African marine segmented annelid worm that dies after spawning.

Platynereis bicanaliculata is a Pacific shallow-water benthic polychaete worm with distinct physical traits that reproduces via epitoky.

Alitta virens, the king ragworm or sandworm, is a burrowing marine polychaete worm widely used for sea bait.

Alitta succinea, the common clam worm, is a free-swimming omnivorous marine polychaete that dies after spawning.

Hediste diversicolor, the common ragworm, is a widespread polychaete with many ecological and human uses.

Related Families

Polynoidae 2 species Aphroditidae 1 species Phyllodocidae 1 species

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