Unidentified polychaete worms
Also known as: Unidentified bristleworms
This is not nudibranch or sea slug
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Identification is verified by Leslie Harris, Nudi Pixel expert
Comment from Leslie Harris: Yes, everyone's right - it's a scaleworm in the family Polynoidae. It looks familiar but I'd need the specimen in front of me to figure out what it is.
Thanks to Denis Riek, Marli Wakeling, Marli Wakeling and Denis Riek for suggesting identification for this species
Comment from Denis Riek: Polynoid worm
Comment from Marli Wakeling: Scale worm
Comment from Denis Riek: This is a scale worm - Polynoidae
| Location: | Malindi, Kenya |
| Photographer: | Orietta Rivolta |
| Camera: | Canon PowerShot G9 › View EXIF properties |
| Taken on: | October 24, 2009 |
| Viewed: | 583 times |
| Posted: | 3 years ago |
| Updated: | 3 years ago |
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Scientific Classification
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Class: | Polychaeta |
| Species: | Unidentified polychaete worms |