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Ophryotrocha nauarchus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Polychaeta

Order
  
Eunicida

Phylum
  
Annelida

Subclass
  
Aciculata

Family
  
Dorvilleidae

Ophryotrocha nauarchus is a species of polychaete worm, first found on deep sea whale fall and wood fall habitats in the north-east Pacific, off the southern Californian coast. The species is sexually dimorphic, males having appendages on their first chaetiger.

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Ophryotrocha nauarchus Wikipedia