Washington’s saltwaters are wormy
Published 11:44 am Friday, November 5, 2021
Slime worms are only a few of the many marine worms that inhabit Washington waters. This is a more comprehensive list:
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Agassiz’s peanut worm, Phascolosoma Agassizii
Bat star worm, Podarke pugettensis
Black lugworm, Abarenicola claparedi
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Blood worm, Glycera americana
Bloodworm, Euzonus spp.
Calcareous tube worm, Serpula vermicularis
Cemented tube worm, Sabellaria cementarium
Clam worm, Nereis vexillosa
Coralline fringed tube worm, Dodecaceria concharum
Fibre-tube worm, Pista elongata
Fifteen-scaled worm, Harmothoe imbricata
Fringed tube worm, Dodecaceria fewkesi
Giant pile worm, Neanthes brandti
Green and yellow ribbon worm, Emplectonema gracile
Large leaf worm, Kaburakia excelsa
Lined ribbon worm, Tubulanus sexilineatus
Northern feather duster worm, Eudistylia vancouveri
Orange tube worm, Salmacina tribranchiata
Pacific lugworm, Abarenicola pacifica
Primitive ribbon worm, Tubulanus polymorphus
Red commensal scaleworm, Arctonoe pulchra
Red-banded commensal scaleworm, Arctonoe vittata
Ruffled scale worm, Arctonoe fragilis
Sandworm, Nephtys spp.
Scale worm, Halosydna brevisetosa
Slime tube worm, Myxicola infundibulum
Spaghetti worm, Thelepus spp.
Spiral tube worm, Spirorbis spp.
Twelve-scaled worm, Lepidonotus squamatus
Two-spotted ribbon worm, Amphiporus bimaculatus