Phyllodoce (annelid)

For other uses, see Phyllodoce (disambiguation).

Phyllodoce
Phyllodoce lineata
with everted proboscis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Annelida
Class:
Polychaeta
Order:
Errantia
Family:
Phyllodocidae
Genus:
Phyllodoce

Lamarck, 1818 [1]
Type species
Phyllodoce laminosa
Savigny in Lamarck, 1818
Species
See text

Phyllodoce is a genus of polychaete worms, which contains about 200 species. The prostomium bears eyes, two pairs of antennae and a pair of large retractile nuchal organs.[2] The eversible proboscis is clearly divided into two parts.[2]

  1. ^ Read, G., Bellan, G. (2010). Read G, Fauchald K (eds.). "Phyllodoce Lamarck, 1818". World Polychaeta database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b Pleijel, Fredrik (1991). "Phylogeny and classification of the Phyllodocidae (Polychaeta)". Zoologica Scripta. 20 (3): 225–261. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1991.tb00289.x. S2CID 85306247.