Eulalia clavigera (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833)
(a greenleaf worm)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEulalia clavigera (a greenleaf worm)
GenusEulalia (a genus of annelids)
SubfamilyETEONINAE (a subfamily of annelids)
FamilyPHYLLODOCIDAE (paddleworms)
SuborderPHYLLODOCIFORMIA (a suborder of annelids)
OrderPHYLLODOCIDA (paddle worms, ragworms and sea mice)
SubclassERRANTIA (a subclass of annelids)
ClassPOLYCHAETA (polychaete worms and ragworms)
PhylumANNELIDA (segmented worms and leeches)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Eulalia clavigera (a greenleaf worm) :
1: Eulalia clavigera (a greenleaf worm)
27 Jan 2012 OSGR: SY77 50° 30’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
dark green worm on mud under rock, at edge of tidal pool
Image 1: Whole animal - dorsal view - white backgroundImage 2: Whole animal - lateral view - white backgroundImage 3: Whole animal - lateral view - white background (2)Image 4: Whole animal - white backgroundImage 5: Fore-parts and mid-section - lateral view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 6: Fore-parts - dorsal view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 7: Fore-parts - dorsal view - enlarged - white background (2)Image 8: Fore-parts - dorsal view - enlarged - white background (3)Image 9: Fore-parts - dorsal view - enlarged - white background (4)Image 10: Fore-parts - dorsal view - enlarged - white background (5)Image 11: Fore-parts - dorsal view - enlarged - white background (6)Image 12: Head - dorsal view - magnified - black backgroundImage 13: Hind-parts - dorsal view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 14: Hind-parts - dorsal view - enlarged - white background (2)Image 15: Hind-parts - latero-dorsal view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 16: Mid- and hind-parts - dorsal view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 17: Mid- and hind-parts - dorsal view - enlarged - white background (2)Image 18: Mid- and hind-parts - dorsal view - enlarged - white background (3)Image 19: Mid- and hind-parts - enlarged - white backgroundImage 20: Mid-section - ventral view - magnified - black backgroundImage 21: Proboscis - lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 22: Proboscis - latero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - black backgroundImage 23: Tail - dorsal view - magnified - black background
2: Eulalia clavigera (a greenleaf worm) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
31 Mar 1975 OSGR: TQ30 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
Egg mass
Image 1: Egg mass - close-up
3: Eulalia clavigera (a greenleaf worm)
25 Mar 1969 OSGR: TQ30 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
in crack in rocks on lower shore
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Head - magnified

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Bonse, S., Schmidt H., Eibye-Jacobsen D. & Westheide W. 1996 Eulalia viridis (Polychaeta: Phyllodocidae) is a complex of two species in northern Europe: Results from biochemical and morphological analyses Cahiers de Biologie Marine Vol (37): 33-48.

Eulalia clavigera (a greenleaf worm) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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