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Researched by | Karen Riley | Refereed by | Admin |
Authority | (Schmarda, 1861) | ||
Other common names | - | Synonyms | Lumbrineris impatiens (Claparède, 1868), Lumbrineris tetraura (Schmarda, 1861) |
Scoletoma tetraura is a large polychaete growing up to 40 cm in length. The species is iridescent pale pink or red in colour and possesses yellow acicula. It has an elongated body and is worm like in appearance.
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Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (ed.) 1995b. Handbook of the marine fauna of North-West Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Howson, C.M. & Picton, B.E., 1997. The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Belfast: Ulster Museum. [Ulster Museum publication, no. 276.]
NBN (National Biodiversity Network) Atlas. Available from: https://www.nbnatlas.org.
OBIS (Ocean Biodiversity Information System), 2023. Global map of species distribution using gridded data. Available from: Ocean Biogeographic Information System. www.iobis.org. Accessed: 2023-03-29
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Last Updated: 06/01/2003