Gastrolepidia clavigera
Club-spined Scale Worm
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Order
Phyllodocida
Family
Polynoidae
Genus
Gastrolepidia
Species
Gastrolepidia clavigera
Distinguishing features
Distinguishing features still need to be specified.
Size
- Size data has not been obtained.
Synonyms
Interesting facts
- These worms hitch a ride on sea cucumbers, they use hooks to hold on and secrete a slime that keeps them connected as they travel over the sea cucumber’s body. They are carnivorous, feeding on unsuspecting creatures that land on the sea cucumber or on the tiny animals that are disturbed as the sea cucumber shovels sand into its mouth. They are also fascinating to watch swim or to imagine them as a creature in a Science Fiction film on an Alien Planet where sea cucumbers are the size of dinosaurs and grains of sand are the size of boulders.
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution: Club-spined Scale Worm (Gastrolepidia clavigera)
