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title: "Twelve-scaled Worm"
description: "Lepidonotus squamatus — Outros animais. Lepidonotus squamatus is a species of polychaete worm, commonly known as a \"scale worm\", in the family Polynoidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/twelve-scaled-worm
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Twelve-scaled Worm

> Lepidonotus squamatus — Outros animais. Lepidonotus squamatus is a species of polychaete worm, commonly known as a "scale worm", in the family Polynoidae.

- Scientific name: *Lepidonotus squamatus*
- Category: `other` (Outros animais)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 416
- Wikidata: [Q2341842](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2341842)
- iNaturalist taxon: [193990](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/193990)

## Names

- en: Twelve-scaled Worm
- de: Flacher Schuppenwurm
- fr: Ver à douze écailles

## Countries with the most observations

CA (77), US (64), GB (23), RU (15), FO (3)

## Summary

Lepidonotus squamatus is a species of polychaete worm, commonly known as a "scale worm", in the family Polynoidae. This species occurs in both the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. It was first described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 as Aphrodita squamata but was later transferred to the genus Lepidonotus.

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

## Photo

![Twelve-scaled Worm](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/twelve-scaled-worm/medium.jpg)

Photo: Hybodus · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/315754240

## Machine access

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