''Neoamphitrite'' 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 m ...
belonging to the family
Terebellidae
The Terebellidae is a marine family of polychaete worms, of which the type taxon is '' Terebella'', described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1767 12th edition of ''Systema Naturae''.
Characteristics
Most terebellids live in burrows or crevices and ...
.
The genus has almost
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...
.
Species:
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Neoamphitrite affinis''
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Neoamphitrite edwardsii''
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Neoamphitrite figulus''
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Neoamphitrite glasbyi''
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Neoamphitrite grayi''
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Neoamphitrite groenlandica''
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Neoamphitrite hydrothermalis''
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Neoamphitrite pachyderma''
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Neoamphitrite ramosissima''
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Neoamphitrite robusta''
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Neoamphitrite sibogae''
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Neoamphitrite undevigintipes''
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Neoamphitrite vigintipes''
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q3880481
Polychaetes