Australonuphis

Australonuphis

Taxobox
name = "Australonuphis"


image_width =
image_caption = "Australonuphis teres"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Annelida
classis = Polychaeta
ordo = Aciculata
familia = Onuphidae
genus = "Australonuphis"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "A. casamiquelorum"
"A. hartmanae"
"A. parateres"
"A. teres"

Australian Beach Worms commonly caught to be used as bait by anglers. Some species can grow more than a metre in length.

It can grow to be 8 feet (2.5 meters) in length. Can grow to eight feet (2.5 meters in length)It is blind but has a very good sense of smell andeats decaying meat, fish and seaweeds that have washed to shore.


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