Palpata

Palpata
Illustration by Ernst Haeckel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Polychaeta
Subclass: Palpata
Orders

Aciculata
Canalipalpata

Palpata is a subclass of polychaete worm. Members of this subclass are mostly deposit feeders on marine detritus or filter feeders. Palpata has become superfluous with the elevation of Canalipalpata to subclass.[1]

  1. ^ Read, G.; Arvanitidis, C. (2013). Palpata. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=183606 on 2013-08-04

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