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title: "Plumed Worm"
description: "Diopatra cuprea — Andere dieren. Diopatra cuprea, commonly known as the plumed worm, decorator worm or sometimes ornate worm, is a species of polychaete worm in the family Onuphidae, first described by the French entomologist Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc in 1802."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/plumed-worm
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Plumed Worm

> Diopatra cuprea — Andere dieren. Diopatra cuprea, commonly known as the plumed worm, decorator worm or sometimes ornate worm, is a species of polychaete worm in the family Onuphidae, first described by the French entomologist Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc in 1802.

- Scientific name: *Diopatra cuprea*
- Category: `other` (Andere dieren)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 697
- Wikidata: [Q2854980](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2854980)
- iNaturalist taxon: [363637](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/363637)

## Names

- en: Plumed Worm

## Countries with the most observations

US (220)

## Summary

Diopatra cuprea, commonly known as the plumed worm, decorator worm or sometimes ornate worm, is a species of polychaete worm in the family Onuphidae, first described by the French entomologist Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc in 1802. It is native to the northwestern Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diopatra_cuprea

## Photo

![Plumed Worm](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/plumed-worm/medium.jpg)

Photo: andrew2285 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/184756713

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/plumed-worm?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).