Chaetopterus longipes

Species of annelid worm From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Chaetopterus longipes is a species of parchment worm, a marine polychaete in the family Chaetopteridae.[1][2]

Phylum:Annelida
Family:Chaetopteridae
Genus:Chaetopterus
Species:
C. longipes
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Chaetopterus longipes
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Family: Chaetopteridae
Genus: Chaetopterus
Species:
C. longipes
Binomial name
Chaetopterus longipes
Crossland, 1904
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Biology and distribution

Chaetopterus longipes is a highly gregarious parchment worm that forms aggregations of hundreds of worms.[3][4] It occurs in the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea.[1]

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