Species

Eudistylia vancouveri (Northern feather duster worm)

Eudistylia vancouveri. Photo: (c) Bill Rodstrom, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

iNaturalist • Wikipedia

Eudistylia is a genus of marine polychaete worms. The type species is Eudistylia gigantea, now accepted as Eudistylia vancouveri. This worm lives in a parchment-like tube with a single opening from which a crown of tentacles projects when the worm is submerged. It is a sessile filter feeder.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Annelida (Segmented worms)
    - Class: Polychaeta (Polychaete worms)
      - Subclass: Sedentaria (Sedentary and tube-dwelling bristleworms)
        Infraclass: Canalipalpata
        Order: Sabellida
        Family: Sabellidae (Feather duster worms)
        Subfamily: Sabellinae
        Genus: Eudistylia
        Species: Eudistylia vancouveri (Northern feather duster worm)

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