Placostegus tridentatus (Fabricius, 1779)

Faulwetter, Sarah, Simboura, Nomiki, Katsiaras, Nikolaos, Chatzigeorgiou, Giorgos & Arvanitidis, Christos, 2017, Polychaetes of Greece: an updated and annotated checklist, Biodiversity Data Journal 5, pp. 20997-20997 : 20997

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.5.e20997

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scientific name

Placostegus tridentatus (Fabricius, 1779)
status

 

Placostegus tridentatus (Fabricius, 1779) View in CoL View at ENA

Notes

The species exhibits two different morphotypes in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Mediterranean specimens are smaller than Atlantic specimens and show differences in morphological details of the tube (for a detailed description see Sanfilippo (2003)).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Annelida

Class

Polychaeta

Order

Sabellida

Family

Serpulidae

Genus

Placostegus