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  3. Ringed Worms

phylum

Ringed Worms

Annelida

Includes
253 native 45 introduced 35 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

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  • Polychaetes 186 native
  • Clitellates 57 native
  • Peanut Worms 8 native
  • Suction-feeding Worms 2 native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native ringed worms All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Blow Lugworm Arenicola marina 2,579 observations
  • Eighteen-scaled Worm Halosydna brevisetosa 938 observations
  • Fringed Filament Worm Dodecaceria pacifica 853 observations
  • Platynereis bicanaliculata 535 observations
  • American Lugworm Arenicola cristata 216 observations
  • Tiger Leech Erpobdella punctata 204 observations
  • Fat Innkeeper Worm Urechis caupo 191 observations
  • Candy-striped Polychaete Dorvillea moniloceras 172 observations
  • Pareurythoe californica 161 observations
  • Polyophthalmus pictus 98 observations
  • Eisenoides lonnbergi 65 observations
  • Hemipodia simplex 57 observations
  • Comb-toothed Nereid Platynereis dumerilii 52 observations
  • Carolina Worm Eisenoides carolinensis 25 observations
  • Naineris dendritica 13 observations
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