Eudistylia polymorpha — The Life Data

Animalia/Annelida/Polychaeta/Sabellida/Sabellidae/Eudistylia

At a glance

Occurrence records638

Data sources8

Biological traits5

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Eudistylia polymorpha's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

Animal Diversity WebUniv. of Michigan MZspecies account↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility621 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System17 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeADW · Wikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources5 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS638 records

01Narrative

Eudistylia polymorpha, the giant feather duster worm, is a species of marine polychaete worm belonging to the family Sabellidae. Its common name is from the crown of tentacles extended when the animal is under water.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Size & morphology1

Body length27.5 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebenthic

Other traits2

Depth max39 m

Depth min0 m

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type638 records

Wild obs. + sensor592

Museum / vouchered45

Other1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO616 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit9

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 21 m · max 97 m · 9 records with depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy87% within 1 km

≤100 m 300≤1 km 123≤10 km 14>10 km 48

485 georeferenced · 107 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor592

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy52% within 1 km

≤100 m 6≤1 km 5≤10 km 9>10 km 1

21 georeferenced · 24 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence45

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions6 of 10 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	7
CASlocation not on record	7
Cambridge, US	6
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	3
Florida Atlantic University, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Museumlocation not on record	2
Los Angeles, US	2
Victoria, CA	1
New Haven, US	1
Washington, US	1
San Nicolás de los Garza, MX	1

10 institutions · 31 of 45 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code