of generally marine annelid worms, commonly called bristle worms or polychaetes (/ˈpɒlɪˌkiːts/). Each body segment has a pair of fleshy protrusions called...
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Sabella (annelid) (redirect from Sabella (polychaete))
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...
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Lanassa (annelid) (redirect from Lanassa (polychaete))
Lanassa is a genus of annelids belonging to the family Terebellidae. The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution. Species: Lanassa benthaliana McIntosh...
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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 (annelid) (redirect from Neanthes (polychaete))
Neanthes is a genus of polychaetes belonging to the family Nereididae. The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution. Species in this genus include:...
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Sternaspis (annelid) (redirect from Sternaspis (polychaete))
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 (annelid) (redirect from Fabricia (polychaete))
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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Nicon (annelid) (redirect from Nicon (polychaete))
Nicon is a genus of polychaetes belonging to the family Nereididae. The species of this genus are found in Southern Hemisphere. Species: Nicon abyssalis...
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Eurythoe (annelid) (redirect from Eurythoe (polychaete))
Eurythoe is a genus of polychaetes belonging to the family Amphinomidae. The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution. The following species are recognised:...
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Chone (annelid) (redirect from Chone (polychaete))
Chone is a genus of polychaetes belonging to the family Sabellidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Species: Chone aurantiaca (Johnson, 1901)...
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Orseis (annelid) (redirect from Orseis (polychaete))
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...
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Biomineralising polychaetes are polychaetes that produce minerals to harden or stiffen their own tissues (biomineralize). The most important biomineralizing...
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Euphrosine (annelid) (redirect from Euphrosine (polychaete))
Euphrosine is a genus of polychaetes belonging to the family Euphrosinidae. The genus lives in marine benthic environments and has cosmopolitan distribution...
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Petta (annelid) (redirect from Petta (polychaete genus))
Petta is a genus in the polychaete family Pectinariidae. There are currently eight recognized species in the genus Petta alissoni - Nogueira, Ribeiro,...
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Phylo (annelid) (redirect from Phylo (polychaete))
Phylo is a genus of polychaetes belonging to the family Orbiniidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Species: Phylo capensis Day, 1961 Phylo felix...
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Chaetacanthus (annelid) (redirect from Chaetacanthus (polychaete))
Chaetacanthus is a genus of polychaetes belonging to the family Polynoidae. The species of this genus are found in America. Species: Chaetacanthus barbatus...
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Vanadis (annelid) (redirect from Vanadis (polychaete))
Vanadis is a genus of polychaetes belonging to the family Phyllodocidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. It is notable for representing a fourth...
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Oxydromus (redirect from Podarke (polychaete))
Oxydromus is a genus of annelids belonging to the family Hesionidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Species: Oxydromus adorsosetosus (Hartmann-Schröder...
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Onuphis (annelid) (redirect from Onuphis (polychaete))
Onuphis is a genus of polychaete belonging to the family Onuphidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Species: Onuphis affinis Hilbig, 1995 Onuphis...
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A scolecodont is the jaw of a polychaete annelid, a common type of fossil-producing segmented worm useful in invertebrate paleontology. Scolecodonts are...
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Brada (annelid) (redirect from Brada (polychaete))
Brada is a genus of polychaetes belonging to the family Flabelligeridae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Species: Brada annenkovae Buzhinskaja...
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Armandia (annelid) (redirect from Armandia (polychaete))
Armandia is a genus of polychaetes belonging to the family Opheliidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Species: Armandia agilis (Andrews, 1891)...
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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...
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midge (family Chironomidae) containing hemoglobin Glycera (annelid), a polychaete often used for fishing bait Species of the Polychaeta subclass Scolecida...
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anterior and posterior regeneration and other growth phenomena in Maldanid polychaetes". Journal of Experimental Zoology. 117: 1–13. doi:10.1002/jez.1401170102...
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Acanthopale perkinsi (redirect from Acanthopale (polychaete))
Acanthopale is a genus of polychaetes belonging to the family Chrysopetalidae. The only species is Acanthopale perkinsi. The species is found in Central...
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Silica pseudomorph after gypsum crystals and silicified serpulid polychaete tubes...
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Eurythoe complanata is a species of polychaetes belonging to the family Amphinomidae. It inhabits coral reefs, such as Heliopora reefs, in the Marshall...
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Amphitrite (annelid) (redirect from Amphitrite (polychaete))
Amphitrite is a genus of polychaetes belonging to the family Terebellidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. The World Register of Marine Species...
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