Bylgides groenlandicus

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Bylgides groenlandicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Subclass: Errantia
Order: Phyllodocida
Family: Polynoidae
Genus: Bylgides
Species:
B. groenlandicus
Binomial name
Bylgides groenlandicus
(Malmgren, 1867)

Bygides groenlandicus is a marine scale worm that lives in cold waters.

It has 39 segments and is 70 millimeters (about 2.76 inches) in length. It possesses very long, filamentous chaetae. It scales are brown on its dorsal, medial, and posterior sides, and its ventral side is grey or colorless. Two bands of lighter color run across its dorsal side.[1][2]

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