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Diopatra cuprea (Bosc, 1802)
Diopatra cuprea, commonly known as the plumed worm, decorator worm or sometimes ornate worm, is a species of polychaete worm in the family Onuphidae, first described by the French entomologist Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc in 1802.
They include shells and other objects in the construction of their tubes.
This polychaete worm is an omnivore and scavenger and feeds on algae as well as on small invertebrates such as copepods, gastropod molluscs, barnacle larvae and shrimps.
Synonymised names:
Diopatra brasiliensis sensu Hansen, 1882 (not a new name by Hansen, referred to Diopatra cuprea by Augener (1934))
Diopatra fragilis Ehlers, 1869 (subjective synonym)
Diopatra frontalis Grube, 1850
Diopatra spiribranchis Augener, 1906 (subjective synonym)
Diopatra variegata Hansen, 1882 (subjective synonym)
Nereis cuprea Bosc, 1802 (superseded original combination)
Direct children (2):
Subspecies Diopatra cuprea africana Kirkegaard, 1988
Subspecies Diopatra cuprea punctifera Ehlers, 1908
Diopatra cuprea, commonly known as the plumed worm, decorator worm or sometimes ornate worm, is a species of polychaete worm in the family Onuphidae, first described by the French entomologist Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc in 1802.
They include shells and other objects in the construction of their tubes.
This polychaete worm is an omnivore and scavenger and feeds on algae as well as on small invertebrates such as copepods, gastropod molluscs, barnacle larvae and shrimps.
Synonymised names:
Diopatra brasiliensis sensu Hansen, 1882 (not a new name by Hansen, referred to Diopatra cuprea by Augener (1934))
Diopatra fragilis Ehlers, 1869 (subjective synonym)
Diopatra frontalis Grube, 1850
Diopatra spiribranchis Augener, 1906 (subjective synonym)
Diopatra variegata Hansen, 1882 (subjective synonym)
Nereis cuprea Bosc, 1802 (superseded original combination)
Direct children (2):
Subspecies Diopatra cuprea africana Kirkegaard, 1988
Subspecies Diopatra cuprea punctifera Ehlers, 1908
