Biology:Brania pusilla

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Short description: Species of worm

Brania pusilla
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Subclass: Errantia
Order: Phyllodocida
Family: Syllidae
Genus: Brania
Species:
B. pusilla
Binomial name
Brania pusilla
(Dujardin, 1851)
Synonyms
  • (Dujardin, 1851) Dujardin, 1851
  • (Dujardin, 1851) Grubea pusilla
  • Exogone pusilla (Dujardin, 1851)
  • Grubeosyllis pusilla Sphaerosyllis pusilla

Brania pusilla is a species of marine annelid in the family Syllidae.[1] The original name for the species was Exogone pusilla.

The species has a cosmopolitan distribution.[2]

The body can be 1 mm to 2.5 mm long with 28 to 35 segments.[3] It is suggested that parthenogenesis is a normal condition in this species.[4] According to the Encyclopedia of Life the species is simultaneous hermaphroditic.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2195243 entry