Parasclerocheilus branchiatus

Parasclerocheilus branchiatus is a species of worm in the family, Scalibregmatidae, and was first described by Pierre Fauvel in 1928.^[1][2]

Parasclerocheilus branchiatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Annelida
Clade:	Pleistoannelida
Clade:	Sedentaria
Order:	Opheliida
Family:	Scalibregmatidae
Genus:	Parasclerocheilus
Species:	P. branchiatus
Binomial name
Parasclerocheilus branchiatus Fauvel, 1928

It is a segmented marine worm, living on the sea bottom in mud at depths of about 400 m.^[3] It feeds on detritus on the ocean floor,^[3][4] and is found in the seas surrounding the Arabian Peninsula.^[5]