Diopatra is a genus of polychaete worms in the family Onuphidae.
Description Members of this genus live in thick, parchment-like tubes that project from the sediment on the seabed. The tubes are covered on the outside by fragments of shell, algae, fibers and other small objects, collected by the worm and stuck in place by mucus. The worm's tube is a food-catching tool that creates a small micro-reef where small invertebrate prey reside. Diopatra dart partially out of the tube and grasp the prey with their maxillae and mandibles. Their large anterior parapodia help them to immobilize the prey.Diopatra The Marine Biological Laboratory. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
Species The World Register of Marine Species includes these species in the genus. A 2021 study also identified 4 new species in the south-west Atlantic.
Diopatra aciculata Knox & Cameron, 1971 Diopatra agave Grube, 1869 Diopatra akarana Knox & Hicks, 1973 Diopatra albimandibulata Paxton, 1993 Diopatra amboinensis Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833 Diopatra amoena Kinberg, 1865 Diopatra angolensis Kirkegaard, 1988 Diopatra bengalensis Hartman, 1974 Diopatra bilobata Imajima, 1967 Diopatra brasiliensis Kinberg, 1910 Diopatra brevicirris Grube, 1856 Diopatra bulohensis Tan & Chou, 1996 Diopatra chiliensis Quatrefages, 1866 Diopatra chiliensis Quatrefages, 1865 Diopatra claparedii Grube, 1878 Diopatra cuprea (Bosc, 1802) Diopatra dentata Kinberg, 1865 Diopatra denticulata Fauchald, 1968 Diopatra dexiognatha Paxton & Bailey-Brock, 1986 Diopatra dubia Day, 1960 Diopatra farallonensis Fauchald, 1968 Diopatra gesae Paxton, 1998 Diopatra gigova Paxton, 1993 Diopatra hanleyi Paxton, 1993 Diopatra hannelorae Steiner & Amaral sp. nov. Diopatra heterodentata Hartmann-Schröder, 1965 Diopatra italica Castelnau, 1842 Diopatra khargiana Wesenberg-Lund, 1949 Diopatra kristiani Paxton, 1998 Diopatra leuckarti Kinberg, 1865 Diopatra lilliputiana Paxton, 1993 Diopatra longicornis Kinberg, 1865 Diopatra longissima Grube, 1850 Diopatra maculata Paxton, 1993 Diopatra madeirensis Langerhans, 1880 Diopatra malabarensis Quatrefages, 1866 Diopatra marinae Steiner & Amaral sp. nov. Diopatra marocensis Paxton, Fadlaoui & Lechapt, 1995 Diopatra micrura Pires, Paxton, Quintino & Rodrigues, 2010 Diopatra monroi Day, 1960 Diopatra monroviensis Augener, 1918 Diopatra musseraensis Augener, 1918 Diopatra neapolitana Delle Chiaje, 1841 Diopatra neotridens Hartman, 1944 Diopatra obliqua Hartman, 1944 Diopatra oligopectinata Paxton, 1993 Diopatra ornata Moore, 1911 Diopatra papillata Fauchald, 1968 Diopatra paradoxa Quatrefages, 1866 Diopatra pectiniconicum Steiner & Amaral sp. nov. Diopatra rhizoicola Hartmann-Schröder, 1960 Diopatra rhizophorae Grube, 1856 Diopatra semperi Grube, 1878 Diopatra splendidissima Kinberg, 1865 Diopatra sugokai Izuka, 1907 Diopatra tridentata Hartman, 1944 Diopatra uncinifera Quatrefages, 1866 Diopatra variabilis Southern, 1921 Diopatra victoriae Steiner & Amaral sp. nov. Diopatra viridis Kinberg, 1865
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