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Pomatoceros triqueter

Keel worms

Pomatoceros triqueter

Polychaete - fam. Serpulidae


Scientific names: The Greek poma in its genitive form, pomatos, means covering or lid. Keras, which is also Greek means horn. Triquetrus is Latin for triangular.

Other scientific names: Serpula triquetra.

Keel worm    Other names


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