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Red Commensal Scaleworm

Arctonoe pulchra

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) marineinvertgirl, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

28 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in British Columbia.January 8, February 8, March 12, April 14, May 22, June 19, July 15, August 14, September 12, October 9, November 8, December 8.
Canada147
British Columbia147
United States123
Washington87
California35
Alaska5
Oregon1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumSegmented Worms · Annelida
ClassPolychaete Worms · Polychaeta
OrderPhyllodocida
FamilyScaleworms · Polynoidae
GenusArctonoe

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Red Commensal Scaleworm with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.