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Plumed Worm
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Worms & leeches

Plumed Worm

Diopatra cuprea (Bosc, 1802)

Names

EnglishPlumed Worm
Dutch—
Spanish—
Chinese铜色巢沙蚕
Scientific nameDiopatra cuprea (Bosc, 1802)

About this species

Diopatra cuprea, commonly known as the plumed worm, decorator worm or sometimes ornate worm, is a species of polychaete worm in the family Onuphidae, first described by the French entomologist Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc in 1802. It is native to the northwestern Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumAnnelida
ClassPolychaeta
OrderEunicida
FamilyOnuphidae
GenusDiopatra