Phyllodocida
Phyllodocida is an order of polychaete worms in the subclass Aciculata. These worms are mostly marine though some are found in brackish water. Most are active benthic creatures, moving over the surface or burrowing in sediments, or living in cracks and crevices in bedrock. A few construct tubes in which they live and some are pelagic, swimming through the water column. There are estimated to be about 3,500 species in the order.
11 branches of this order, most-observed first
Nereidiformia
suborderNereidiformia
Aphroditiformia
suborderAphroditiformia
Phyllodociformia
suborderPhyllodociformia
Catworms
familyNephtyidae
Glyceriformia
suborderGlyceriformia
Tomopteridae
familyTomopteridae
Sphaerodoridae
familySphaerodoridae
Typhloscolecidae
familyTyphloscolecidae
Iospilidae
familyIospilidae
Ichthyotomidae
familyIchthyotomidae
Yndolaciidae
familyYndolaciidae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 67314.