(Leidy, 1855)

Description:
Prostomium oval, a little longer than wide. Nuchal slits almost parallel, straight, long, almost of the same length as the head (C. torquata-anterior end).
4th chaetiger with collar. Anterior 4-8 chaetigers with complete glandular bands, posterior segments with glandular areas around the parapodia. No spines.
Pygidium with a short funnel, with 22-26 equal cirri.

Size:
Up to 150 mm for 18 chaetigers.

Tube:
Straight, cylindrical, often forked, covered with sand or shell fragments.

Colour:
Greenish-brown to reddish, with dark brown or red glandular areas.

Habitat:
Intertidal.

Distribution:
Southern North Sea, Newcastle. Introduced from North America.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Annelida
Class Polychaeta
Order Capitellida
Family Maldanidae
Subfamily Euclymeninae
Genus Clymenella
Species Clymenella torquata

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Clymenella torquata (Leidy, 1855)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Clymene torquatus Leidy, 1855
Clymenella torquata Verrill, 1873

Hartmann-Schröder, G., 1996. Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta. Tierwelt Deutschlands, 58: 1-648.

Newell, G.E., 1949. Clymenella torquata , a polychaete new to Britain. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (12)2: 147-155.

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