Australonuphis

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Australonuphis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Polychaeta
Order: Aciculata
Family: Onuphidae
Genus: Australonuphis
Species

A. casamiquelorum
A. hartmanae
A. parateres
A. teres

Australian Beach Worms commonly caught to be used as bait by anglers. Some species can grow more than a metre in length.

It can grow to be 8 feet (2.5 meters) in length. Can grow to eight feet (2.5 meters in length) It is blind but has a very good sense of smell and eats decaying meat, fish and seaweeds that have washed to shore.