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title: "Split-branch Feather Duster Worm"
description: "Schizobranchia insignis — Inne zwierzęta. Schizobranchia insignis is a marine feather duster worm."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/split-branch-feather-duster-worm
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Split-branch Feather Duster Worm

> Schizobranchia insignis — Inne zwierzęta. Schizobranchia insignis is a marine feather duster worm.

- Scientific name: *Schizobranchia insignis*
- Category: `other` (Inne zwierzęta)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 836
- Wikidata: [Q510053](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q510053)
- iNaturalist taxon: [339561](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/339561)

## Names

- en: Split-branch Feather Duster Worm

## Countries with the most observations

US (233), CA (196)

## Summary

Schizobranchia insignis is a marine feather duster worm. It may be commonly known as the split-branch feather duster, split-plume feather duster, and the feather duster worm. It may be found from Alaska to Central California, living on pilings and rocks, intertidal to 46 m. It is particularly abundant on the underside of wharves in Puget Sound, Washington, and on wharves at Boston Harbor marina.
Specimens of S. insignis are generally 10–20 cm long, and 5–10 mm in diameter, with tubes which are whitish and pliable. The tentacular crown is uniform orange, red, mauve, tan, brown, grey, or green in color. Among sabellids…

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

## Photo

![Split-branch Feather Duster Worm](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/split-branch-feather-duster-worm/medium.jpg)

Photo: Braden J. Judson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/125098646

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/split-branch-feather-duster-worm?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).