Pectinaria australis

Pectinaria australis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Polychaeta
Subclass: Palpata
Order: Canalipalpata
Suborder: Terebellida
Family: Pectinariidae
Genus: Pectinaria
Species: P. australis
Binomial name
Pectinaria australis
Ehlers, 1904

Pectinaria australis is one of at least ten species of polychaete worms of the family Pectinariidae. It is the only pectinariid species found in New Zealand.

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