Diopatra [SEP] parent taxon
Diopatra
Diopatra is a genus of polychaete worms in the family Onuphidae.
Description.
Members of this genus live in thick, parchment-like tubes that project from the sediment on the seabed. The tubes are covered on the outside by fragments of shell, algae, fibers and other small objects, collected by the worm and stuck in place by mucus.
The worm's tube is a food-catching tool that creates a small micro-reef where small invertebrate prey reside. Diopatra dart partially out of the
- "Diopatra angolensis" Kirkegaard, 1988
- "Diopatra bengalensis" Hartman, 1974
- "Diopatra bilobata" Imajima, 1967
- "Diopatra brasiliensis" Kinberg, 1910
- "Diopatra brevicirris" Grube, 1856
- "Diopatra bulohensis" Tan & Chou, 1996
- "Diopatra chiliensis" Quatrefages, 1866
- "Diopatra chiliensis" Quatrefages, 1865
- "Diopatra claparedii" Grube, 1878
- "Diopatra cuprea" (Bosc, 1802)
- "Diopatra dentata"