Poecilochaetus is a genus of marine worms within the Polychaeta. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Poecilochaetidae. Members of this genus are benthic worms that burrow into soft sediments.
Species
The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species:-
- Poecilochaetus australis<small> Nonato, 1963</small>
- Poecilochaetus bermudensis<small> Hartman, 1965</small>
- Poecilochaetus bifurcatus<small> Imajima, 1989</small>
- Poecilochaetus clavatus<small> Imajima, 1989</small>
- Poecilochaetus elongatus<small> Imajima, 1989</small>
- Poecilochaetus exmouthensis<small> Hartmann-Schröder, 1980</small>
- Poecilochaetus fauchaldi<small> Pilato & Cantone, 1976</small>
- Poecilochaetus fulgoris<small> Claparède in Ehlers, 1875</small>
- Poecilochaetus gallardoi<small> Pilato & Cantone, 1976</small>
- Poecilochaetus granulatus<small> Imajima, 1989</small>
- Poecilochaetus hystricosus<small> Mackie, 1990</small>
- Poecilochaetus ishikariensis<small> Imajima, 1989</small>
- Poecilochaetus japonicus<small> Kitamori, 1965</small>
- Poecilochaetus johnsoni<small> Hartman, 1939</small>
- Poecilochaetus koshikiensis<small> Miura, 1988</small>
- Poecilochaetus magnus<small> Imajima, 1989</small>
- Poecilochaetus martini<small> Brantley, 2009</small>
- Poecilochaetus modestus<small> Rullier, 1965</small>
- Poecilochaetus multibranchiatus<small> Leon-Gonzalez, 1992</small>
- Poecilochaetus paratropicus<small> Gallardo, 1968</small>
- Poecilochaetus perequensis<small> Santos & Mackie, 2008</small>
- Poecilochaetus polycirratus<small> Santos & Mackie, 2008</small>
- Poecilochaetus serpens<small> Allen, 1904</small>
- Poecilochaetus spinulosus<small> Mackie, 1990</small>
- Poecilochaetus tokyoensis<small> Imajima, 1989</small>
- Poecilochaetus trachyderma<small> Read, 1986</small>
- Poecilochaetus tricirratus<small> Mackie, 1990</small>
- Poecilochaetus trilobatus<small> Imajima, 1989</small>
- Poecilochaetus tropicus<small> Okuda, 1937</small>
- Poecilochaetus vietnamita<small> Gallardo, 1968</small>
- Poecilochaetus vitjazi<small> Levenstein, 1962</small>
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