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Pectinaria (annelid)

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Pectinaria
Pectinaria koreni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Clade: Sedentaria
Order: Terebellida
Family: Pectinariidae
Genus: Pectinaria
Savigny in Lamarck, 1818
Species

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Pectinaria is a genus of sand tube-building annelid fanworms in the family Pectinariidae. One species, Pectinaria kiiensis, based on fossils from Japan is now considered a nomen dubium.[1]

Species

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Species within this genus include:[2]

References

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  1. Kočí, Tomáš; Goedert, James L; Rich, Michael A (12 August 2025). "Fossil pectinariid tubes (Polychaeta, Terebellida) from Cenozoic strata of Washington and Oregon". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen Band 315 Heft 2 (2025): 209–229. doi:10.1127/njgpa/1275. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
  2. Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (2021). "Pectinaria Lamarck, 1818". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 29 October 2021.