Parasclerocheilus

Parasclerocheilus is a genus of worms in the family, Scalibregmatidae, first described by Pierre Fauvel in 1928.^[1][2]

Parasclerocheilus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Annelida
Clade:	Pleistoannelida
Clade:	Sedentaria
Order:	Opheliida
Family:	Scalibregmatidae
Genus:	Parasclerocheilus Fauvel, 1928

They are segmented marine worms, living on the sea bottom in mud at depths of about 400 m.^[3]

There are three species in the genus:^[1]

• Parasclerocheilus branchiatus Fauvel, 1928
• Parasclerocheilus capensis Day, 1961
• Parasclerocheilus parva