Verrucapelma
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| Verrucapelma | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Subclass: | Errantia |
| Order: | Phyllodocida |
| Family: | Polynoidae |
| Genus: | Verrucapelma Hanley & Burke, 1991 |
| Type species | |
| Verrucapelma nigricans (Horst, 1915) [1] | |
Verrucapelma is a genus of marine annelids in the family Polynoidae (scale worms). Verrucapelma contains three species which are known from shallow water down to a depth of about 90 m. All three species occur in the Indo-Pacific region, in the Coral Sea, northern Australia and the Indonesian archipelago.[2]