- of
generally marine annelid worms,
commonly called bristle worms or
polychaetes (/ˈpɒlɪˌkiːts/). Each body
segment has a pair of
fleshy protrusions called...
- for locomotion. Most
textbooks still use the
traditional division into
polychaetes (almost all marine),
oligochaetes (which
include earthworms) and leech-like...
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centimeters (9.81 ft) in length,
making it the
longest known member of the
polychaete class.
Despite these great lengths, the
worms are slim, with the body...
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Neanthes is a
genus of
polychaetes belonging to the
family Nereididae. The
genus has
almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Species in this
genus include:...
- The list of
polychaete worms of
South Africa is a list of
species that form a part of the
class Polychaeta (Phylum Annelida)
fauna of
South Africa. The...
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Sternaspis is a
genus of
annelids belonging to the
family Sternaspidae. The
genus has
cosmopolitan distribution. Species:
Sternaspis affinis Stimpson,...
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Fabricia is a
genus of
polychaetes belonging to the
family Fabriciidae. The
genus has
almost cosmopolitan distribution. Species:
Fabricia acuseta Banse...
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Aphrodita aculeata, the sea mouse, is a
marine polychaete worm
found in the
North Atlantic Ocean and the North, Baltic, and
Mediterranean Seas. The sea...
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Epitoky is a
process that
occurs in many
species of
polychaete marine worms wherein a ****ually
immature worm (the atoke) is
modified or
transformed into...
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Polynoidae is a
family of
marine Polychaete worms known as "scale worms" due to the scale-like
elytra on the
dorsal surface.
Almost 900
species are currently...
