Ophryotrocha batillus

Ophryotrocha batillus is a species of polychaete worm, first found on deep sea whale fall and wood fall habitats in the north-east Pacific, off the southern Californian coast. It is very similar to Ophryotrocha scutellus, yet differs from the latter genetically.^[1]

Ophryotrocha batillus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Annelida
Clade:	Pleistoannelida
Subclass:	Errantia
Order:	Eunicida
Family:	Dorvilleidae
Genus:	Ophryotrocha
Species:	O. batillus
Binomial name
Ophryotrocha batillus Wiklund et al., 2012