Antarctic Scale Worm
Eulagisca gigantea
Living individuals or members of this group exist today. This does not mean they are safe from extinction.
Soft-bodied invertebrates including annelids, flatworms and roundworms.
Classification
- Common name
- Antarctic Scale Worm
- Browse group
- Worms
- Scientific name or taxon
- Eulagisca gigantea
- Taxon rank
- species
- Order
- Phyllodocida
- Family
- Polynoidae
- Genus
- Eulagisca
- Source classification
- Polychaeta
Taxonomy checked against GBIF. For breeds and hybrids, this describes the listed parent taxon.
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The directory includes species, breeds, hybrids and broader groups. A listed scientific name may identify a parent species rather than a distinct species.
Sources
- A–Z Animals: Antarctic Scale Worm · Directory entry
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