Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Sea Cumcumber Scale Worm
Gastrolepidia clavigera
Sea Cumcumber Scale Worm
Category: Scale Worms
Scientific Name: Gastrolepidia clavigera
Size: Up to 1.25 in. (3 cm)  
Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Annelida (Phylum)
└Polychaeta (Class)
 └Errantia (Subclass)
  └Phyllodocida (Order)
   └Polynoidae (Family)
    └Gastrolepidia (Genus)
     └G. clavigera (Species)

Worms
Scale Worms

Sea Cumcumber Scale Worm

Variegated Scale Worm



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