Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii Family Ophichthidae Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Anguilliformes Genus Scolecenchelys | |
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The Tasmanian worm eel (Scolecenchelys tasmaniensis) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Alan Riverstone McCulloch in 1911, originally under the genus Muraenichthys. It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is endemic to southern Australia, in the eastern Indian Ocean. It inhabits inshore waters, and forms burrows in soft sediments.
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