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

[1][2] 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.

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