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Diopatra ornata (Ornate Tube Worm)
Scientific name: Diopatra ornata

Taxonomy: Kingdom Animalia → Phylum Annelida → Class Polychaeta → Subclass Errantia → Order Eunicida → Family Onuphidae → Subfamily Onuphinae → Genus Diopatra

Common name: Ornate Tube Worm
Locations: Eastern Pacific
Group: Marine LifeInvertebratesTube Worms

Could also be Diopatra splendidissima, which has identical tubes.

ID by Leslie Harris, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles.

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