of generally marine annelid worms, commonly called bristle worms or polychaetes (/ˈpɒlɪˌkiːts/). Each body segment has a pair of fleshy protrusions called...

Sabella is a genus of marine polychaete worm. Members of this genus are filter feeders and there are about ninety species. They live in tubes made of mud...

Lanassa is a genus of annelids belonging to the family Terebellidae. The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution. Species: Lanassa benthaliana McIntosh...

for locomotion. Most textbooks still use the traditional division into polychaetes (almost all marine), oligochaetes (which include earthworms) and leech-like...

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...

Neanthes is a genus of polychaetes belonging to the family Nereididae. The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution. Species in this genus include:...

Sternaspis is a genus of annelids belonging to the family Sternaspidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Species: Sternaspis affinis Stimpson,...

Fabricia is a genus of polychaetes belonging to the family Fabriciidae. The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution. Species: Fabricia acuseta Banse...

Nicon is a genus of polychaetes belonging to the family Nereididae. The species of this genus are found in Southern Hemisphere. Species: Nicon abyssalis...

Eurythoe is a genus of polychaetes belonging to the family Amphinomidae. The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution. The following species are recognised:...

Chone is a genus of polychaetes belonging to the family Sabellidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Species: Chone aurantiaca (Johnson, 1901)...

Orseis is a genus of annelids belonging to the family Hesionidae. The species of this genus are found in America. Species: Orseis brevis Hartmann-Schröder...

Biomineralising polychaetes are polychaetes that produce minerals to harden or stiffen their own tissues (biomineralize). The most important biomineralizing...

Euphrosine is a genus of polychaetes belonging to the family Euphrosinidae. The genus lives in marine benthic environments and has cosmopolitan distribution...

Petta is a genus in the polychaete family Pectinariidae. There are currently eight recognized species in the genus Petta alissoni - Nogueira, Ribeiro,...

Phylo is a genus of polychaetes belonging to the family Orbiniidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Species: Phylo capensis Day, 1961 Phylo felix...

Chaetacanthus is a genus of polychaetes belonging to the family Polynoidae. The species of this genus are found in America. Species: Chaetacanthus barbatus...

Vanadis is a genus of polychaetes belonging to the family Phyllodocidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. It is notable for representing a fourth...

Oxydromus is a genus of annelids belonging to the family Hesionidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Species: Oxydromus adorsosetosus (Hartmann-Schröder...

Onuphis is a genus of polychaete belonging to the family Onuphidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Species: Onuphis affinis Hilbig, 1995 Onuphis...

A scolecodont is the jaw of a polychaete annelid, a common type of fossil-producing segmented worm useful in invertebrate paleontology. Scolecodonts are...

Brada is a genus of polychaetes belonging to the family Flabelligeridae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Species: Brada annenkovae Buzhinskaja...

Armandia is a genus of polychaetes belonging to the family Opheliidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Species: Armandia agilis (Andrews, 1891)...

Aphrodita aculeata, the sea mouse, is a marine polychaete worm found in the North Atlantic, the North Sea, the Baltic Sea and the Mediterranean. The sea...

midge (family Chironomidae) containing hemoglobin Glycera (annelid), a polychaete often used for fishing bait Species of the Polychaeta subclass Scolecida...

anterior and posterior regeneration and other growth phenomena in Maldanid polychaetes". Journal of Experimental Zoology. 117: 1–13. doi:10.1002/jez.1401170102...

Acanthopale is a genus of polychaetes belonging to the family Chrysopetalidae. The only species is Acanthopale perkinsi. The species is found in Central...

Silica pseudomorph after gypsum crystals and silicified serpulid polychaete tubes...

Eurythoe complanata is a species of polychaetes belonging to the family Amphinomidae. It inhabits coral reefs, such as Heliopora reefs, in the Marshall...

Amphitrite is a genus of polychaetes belonging to the family Terebellidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. The World Register of Marine Species...