''Nothria'' is a genus of
polychaetes
Polychaeta () is a paraphyletic class of generally marine annelid worms, commonly called bristle worms or polychaetes (). Each body segment has a pair of fleshy protrusions called parapodia that bear many bristles, called chaetae, which are mad ...
belonging to the family
Onuphidae
The Onuphidae are a family of polychaete worms.
Characteristics
Most onuphids have tubes. Some live semisubmerged in the substrate, but others carry their tubes around, and they can all rebuild their tubes if necessary. The tubes, thin and parch ...
.
The genus has
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
.
Species:
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Nothria abyssia
''Nothria'' is a genus of polychaetes belonging to the family Onuphidae
The Onuphidae are a family of polychaete worms.
Characteristics
Most onuphids have tubes. Some live semisubmerged in the substrate, but others carry their tubes around, a ...
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Nothria africana
''Nothria'' is a genus of polychaetes belonging to the family Onuphidae.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
*''Nothria abyssia
''Nothria'' is a genus of polychaetes belonging to the family Onuphidae
The Onuphidae are a fa ...
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Nothria anoculata
''Nothria'' is a genus of polychaetes belonging to the family Onuphidae.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
*''Nothria abyssia''
*''Nothria africana
''Nothria'' is a genus of polychaetes belonging to the family Onuphidae.
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References
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Polychaetes