Green spoonworm | |
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Bonellia viridis (adult female) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Annelida |
Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
Clade: | Sedentaria |
Subclass: | Echiura |
Order: | Echiuroidea |
Family: | Bonelliidae |
Genus: | Bonellia |
Species: | B. viridis
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Binomial name | |
Bonellia viridis (Rolando, 1821)
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Bonellia viridis, the green spoonworm, is a marine worm (class Polychaeta , phylum Annelida) noted for displaying exceptional sexual dimorphism and for the biocidal properties of a pigment in its skin.[1]