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Phyllochaetopterus prolifica (Prolific Tubeworm)
Scientific name: Phyllochaetopterus prolifica

Taxonomy: Kingdom Animalia → Phylum Annelida → Class Polychaeta → Subclass Sedentaria → Family Chaetopteridae → Genus Phyllochaetopterus

Common name: Prolific Tubeworm
Locations: Eastern Pacific
Group: Marine LifeInvertebratesTube Worms

There is at least one other currently-undescribed species with the same type of tube.

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

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