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Definition of Palolo worm

Palolo worm
Palolo Pa*lo"lo, n., or Palolo worm Palolo worm . [From native name.] A polystome worm (Palolo viridis) that burrows in the coral reefs of certain of the Pacific Islands. A little before the last quarter of the moon in October and November, they swarm in vast numbers at the surface of the sea for breeding, and are gathered and highly esteemed as food by the natives. An allied species inhabits the tropical Atlantic and swarms in June or July.

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- Palola viridis, (or Eunice viridis) commonly known as the palolo worm, Samoan palolo worm, balolo, wawo, or nyale, is a Polychaeta species from the waters...
- Palolo may refer to: Palolo, Hawaii, a valley and neighborhood of Honolulu, Hawaii Palolo worm, a species of invertebrate that lives in tropical coral...
- make a significant contribution to soil fertility. The rear end of the Palolo worm, a marine polychaete that tunnels through coral, detaches in order to...
- Tylorrhynchus heterochetus, also known as the ****anese palolo is a species of edible ragworm. The species can be commonly found in estuaries of the Yellow...
- edible palolo worms m**** on the beaches. These events occur at the last quarter of the lunar month, as the reproductive cycle of the palolos is synchronized...
- PADARATH - Lavenia PADARATH - Narendra Kumar PADARATH - Steve PAENIU - Palolo worm - Pand**** joskei - Pand**** taveuniensis - Paramount Chief of Fiji -...
- Southern Cross. These included a knee protector and a net used to catch Palolo worms. Neighboring peoples in the Marshall Islands saw these stars as a fish...
- (2009). Some contribution to study on productive charecteristics of the palolo (Tylorrhynchus heterochaetus) Polychaeta - Nereidae in Hai Phong brackish...
- fish stocks worldwide will collapse within fifty years. In July 2009, Boris Worm of Dalhousie University, the author of the November 2006 study in Science...
- species and subspecies as evaluated by the IUCN. Argonemertes stocki Palolo worm (Eunice viridis) Kentucky earthworm (Komarekiona eatoni) Phallodriloides...