Chaetopterus luteus

Chaetopterus luteus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Polychaeta
Family: Chaetopteridae
Genus: Chaetopterus
Species:
C. luteus
Binomial name
Chaetopterus luteus
Stimpson, 1855

Chaetopterus luteus is a species of parchment worm, a marine polychaete in the family Chaetopteridae.[1]

Taxonomy

Chaetopterus luteus was formerly synonymized with C. variopedatus, but is now recognized as a distinct species.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ WoRMS. "Chaetopterus luteus Stimpson, 1855". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2025-08-03.
  2. ^ Nishi, Eijiro; Kohtsuka, Hisanori (2005). "[A new record of Chaetopterus luteus Stimpson, 1855 (Polychaeta, Chaetopteridae) from Japan with comparison of morphology of nest tube in the genus]". Nanki Seibutsu (in Japanese). 47 (1): 17–25. ISSN 0389-7842.
  3. ^ Moore, Jenna M.; Nishi, Eijiroh; Rouse, Greg W. (2017). "Phylogenetic analyses of Chaetopteridae (Annelida)". Zoologica Scripta. 46 (5): 596–610. doi:10.1111/zsc.12238.