''Pomatoceros lamarckii'' is a species of tube-building

annelid The annelids (Annelida , from Latin ', "little ring"), also known as the segmented worms, are a large phylum, with over 22,000 extant species including ragworms, earthworms, and leeches. The species exist in and have adapted to various ecol ...

worms which is widespread in

intertidal The intertidal zone, also known as the foreshore, is the area above water level at low tide and underwater at high tide (in other words, the area within the tidal range). This area can include several types of Marine habitat, habitats with var ...

and sub-littoral zones around the United Kingdom and northern Europe. They are found attached to firm substrates, from rocks to animal shells to man made structures, and often are noted for their detrimental effect on shipping. It is closely related to, and often confused with, ''

Pomatoceros triqueter ''Pomatoceros triqueter'' is a species of tube-building annelid worm in the class Polychaeta. It is common on the north eastern coasts of the Atlantic Ocean and in the Mediterranean Sea. Polychaetes, or marine bristle worms, have elongated bod ...

''. ''Pomatoceros lamarckii'' has been the subject of a number of scientific investigations, due to its presence near sites of historic scientific study, relatively underived mode of development and slowly evolving genetic complement. Recently this organism has been the subject of in depth

transcriptomic Transcriptomics technologies are the techniques used to study an organism's transcriptome, the sum of all of its RNA transcripts. The information content of an organism is recorded in the DNA of its genome and expressed through transcription. He ...

investigation. Pomatoceros lamarckii development

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Polychaetes Animals described in 1866 Taxa named by Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau {{Annelid-stub