Bylgides groenlandicus

Bylgides groenlandicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Annelida
Clade:	Pleistoannelida
Subclass:	Errantia
Order:	Phyllodocida
Family:	Polynoidae
Genus:	Bylgides
Species:	B. groenlandicus
Binomial name
	Bylgides groenlandicus; (Malmgren, 1867)

Bygides groenlandicus is a marine scale worm that lives in cold waters.

Description

It has 39 segments and is 70 millimeters (about 2.76 inches) in length. It possesses very long, filamentous chaetae. It scales are brown on its dorsal, medial, and posterior sides, and its ventral side is grey or colorless. Two bands of lighter color run across its dorsal side.^[1]^[2]

Distribution

It is found in the Arctic and North Atlantic waters, as well as off the coast of Massachusetts, the Gulf of Maine, and Newfoundland.^[1]^[2]

References

External links

World Register of Marine Species page

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[ArcOD-1] 1 2 "Polychaeta".

[SI-2] 1 2 "Marine Species Identification Portal : Bylgides groenlandicus".

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