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Chrysopetalidae

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Chrysopetalidae is a family of polychaete worms. The body is short or elongated, with few or numerous segments. All segments bear on their dorsal side a fan or a transverse row of paleae. The cephalic lobe has tentacles and eyes and the buccal segment has two or four tentacular cirri on each side. The parapodia are uniramous or biramous, with dorsal cirri upon all segments. The ventral bristles are compound.

Species

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FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumAnnelida
  3. ClassPolychaeta
  4. OrderPhyllodocida
  5. FamilyChrysopetalidae
Habitatmarine

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
1,753
With media
138
Family
Chrysopetalidae
Collections
SIO, CAS
Recorded in
Costa Rica, United States, Australia, Belize, Papua New Guinea, French Polynesia, Mexico, Philippines

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Phyllodocida
Image
Dysponetus joeli (10.5852-ejt.2012.27) Figure 2 (cropped).jpg
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taxon name
Chrysopetalidae
taxon rank
family
topic's main category
Category:Chrysopetalidae
Commons category
Chrysopetalidae
taxon author citation
Ehlers, 1864
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Encyclopedic overview

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Chrysopetalidae is a family of polychaete worms. The body is short or elongated, with few or numerous segments. All segments bear on their dorsal side a fan or a transverse row of paleae. The cephalic lobe has tentacles and eyes and the buccal segment has two or four tentacular cirri on each side. The parapodia are uniramous or biramous, with dorsal cirri upon all segments. The ventral bristles are compound.

== Genera == The following genera are recognised:

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