Taxonomy

Animalia

Annelida Polychaeta

Sabellida

Sabellidae

Schizobranchia insignis

Split Branch Feather Duster Worm

Remarkable Split-gill

Schizobranchia insignis is a marine feather duster worm. It may be commonly known as the split-branch feather duster, split-plume feather duster, and the feather duster worm. It may be found from Alaska to Central California, living on pilings and rocks, intertidal to 46 m. It is particularly abundant on the underside of wharves in Puget Sound, Washington, and on wharves at Boston Harbor marina.

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