Chaetopterus brevis
| Chaetopterus brevis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Class: | Polychaeta |
| Family: | Chaetopteridae |
| Genus: | Chaetopterus |
| Species: | C. brevis
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| Binomial name | |
| Chaetopterus brevis Lespés, 1872
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Chaetopterus brevis is a species of parchment worm, a marine polychaete in the family Chaetopteridae.[1]
Distribution
Chaetopterus brevis is endemic to the Mediterranean Sea.[2]
Taxonomy
Chaetopterus brevis was considered a junior synonym of C. variopedatus by Fauvel (1927),[3] but it is now recognized as a distinct species.[4]
References
- ^ WoRMS. "Chaetopterus brevis Lespés, 1872". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ^ Moore, Jenna M. (2019). Phylogeny, Systematics, and Evolution of Functional Morphology in Chaetopteridae (Annelida) (PhD thesis). University of FLorida.
- ^ Fauvel, P. (1927). "Polychètes sédentaires. Addenda aux errantes, Arachiannélides, Myzostomaires" (PDF). Faune de France. 16. Paris: Paul Lechevalier: 1–494.
- ^ Moore, Jenna M.; Nishi, Eijiroh; Rouse, Greg W. (2017). "Phylogenetic analyses of Chaetopteridae (Annelida)". Zoologica Scripta. 46 (5): 596–610. doi:10.1111/zsc.12238.