''Parasclerocheilus'' is a genus of worms in the family,
Scalibregmatidae, first described by
Pierre Fauvel
Pierre Louis André Fauvel (8 October 1866 in Cherbourg – 12 September 1958 in Angers) was a French zoologist, who specialized in the study of ''polychaetes''.
He worked as a préparateur of zoology at the faculty of sciences in Caen, and in 18 ...
in 1928.
They are segmented marine worms, living on the sea bottom in mud at depths of about 400 m.
There are three species in the genus:
* ''
Parasclerocheilus branchiatus''
Fauvel, 1928
* ''
Parasclerocheilus capensis''
Day, 1961
* ''
Parasclerocheilus parva''
References
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Polychaetes
Taxa named by Pierre Fauvel
Taxa described in 1928