From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
| Class
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Polychaeta +
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| Common name is
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Eighteen-scaled scaleworm +
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| Documentation requested
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false +
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| Family
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Polynoidae +
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| Found at
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Kodiak Island +
, Alaska +
, Baja California +
, Mexico +
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| Genus
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Halosydna +
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| Order
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Phyllodocida +
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| Origination status is
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Native +
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| Phylum
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Annelida +
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| Scientific name is
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Halosydna brevisetosa +
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| SpecificEpithet
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brevisetosa +
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| Summary
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This is a common, aggressive species. The … This is a common, aggressive species. The color is quite variable, from light to dark or reddish, but the worm reliably has eighteen pairs of scales. The scales generally have a whitish spot right where the elytrophore meets the plate (O'Clair & O'Clair 1998). An easy place to find this worm is among colonies of tubeworms [[Eudistylia vancouveri|Vancouver feather-duster worm (''Eudistylia vancouveri'')]].
This species have robust bodies up to about 80 mm (about 3 inches long) and 13mm (0.5 inches)wide with 37 segments.
The large proboscis is armed with four robust jaws. The Armored Scaleworm often crawls on driftwood infested with the Northern Gribble isopod (Limnoria lignorum) and preys on this crustacean. (pg. 162-163, O'Clair & O'Clair. 1998)(pg. 162-163, O'Clair & O'Clair. 1998) +
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| Synonyms include
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Polynoe brevisetosa +
, Halosydna grubei +
, Halosydna insigni +
, Halosydna nebulosa +
, Polynoe insignis +
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| TaxonRank
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species +
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| Has queryThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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Halosydna brevisetosa +
, Halosydna brevisetosa +
, Halosydna brevisetosa +
, Halosydna brevisetosa +
, Halosydna brevisetosa +
, Halosydna brevisetosa +
, Halosydna brevisetosa +
, Halosydna brevisetosa +
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| Categories |
Marine Invertebrate +
, Species +
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| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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25 July 2013 09:30:07 +
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| Has subobjectThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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Halosydna brevisetosa +
, Halosydna brevisetosa +
, Halosydna brevisetosa +
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