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Sabellariidae
Sabellariidae is a family of marine polychaete worms in the suborder Sabellida. The worms live in tubes made of sand and are filter feeders and detritivores. Characteristics Members of this family live in tubes made of sand and shell fragments cemented together and attached to rocks. Some species are colonial and the multitude of their tubes may create hummocks and even reefs. The top of the tube can be closed by an operculum formed by several rings of bristles on the head of the worm. The head also bears several fine feeding tentacles and a pair of small palps. The thoracic section of the body has 3 or 4 segments with paddle-like capillary bristles. The abdominal section has many segments each with hooked bristles on raised lobes. There are a pair of gills on each of the thoracic segments and on the front abdominal segments. The rear of the body is bent forward along a groove in the midsection of the body. Genera *'' Alveolaria'' *'' Bathysabellaria'' *'' Branchio'' *'' Centro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phragmatopoma Californica
''Phragmatopoma californica'', commonly known as the sandcastle worm, the honeycomb worm or the honeycomb tube worm, is a reef-forming marine polychaete worm belonging to the family Sabellarididae. It is dark brown in color with a crown of lavender tentacles and has a length of up to about . Page 31. The worm inhabits the Californian coast, from Sonoma County to northern Baja California. Sandcastle worms live in colonies, building tube reefs somewhat similar to sandcastles (hence the name), which are often seen on rocky beaches at medium and low tide. The sandcastles, which have a honeycomb-like outward appearance, can cover an area of up to on a side. They may share areas with mussel beds and are found in any place that provides some shelter, such as rock faces, overhanging ledges and concave shorelines. The worms remain in their tubes and are almost never seen. At low tide, when above the water, they close the entrance to their tubes with a shield-like operculum made of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polychaete
Polychaeta () is a paraphyletic class (biology), class of generally marine invertebrate, marine annelid worms, common name, commonly called bristle worms or polychaetes (). Each body segment has a pair of fleshy protrusions called parapodia that bear many bristles, called chaetae, which are made of chitin. More than 10,000 species are described in this class. Common representatives include the lugworm (''Arenicola marina'') and the Alitta virens, sandworm or Alitta succinea, clam worm ''Alitta''. Polychaetes as a class are robust and widespread, with species that live in the coldest ocean temperatures of the abyssal plain, to forms which tolerate the extremely high temperatures near hydrothermal vents. Polychaetes occur throughout the Earth's oceans at all depths, from forms that live as plankton near the surface, to a 2- to 3-cm specimen (still unclassified) observed by the robot ocean probe Nereus (underwater vehicle), ''Nereus'' at the bottom of the Challenger Deep, the deepes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabellida
Sabellida is an order of annelid worms in the class Polychaeta. They are filter feeders with no buccal organ. The prostomium is fused with the peristomium and bears a ring of feathery feeding tentacles. They live in parchment-like tubes made of particles from their environment such as sand and shell fragments cemented together with mucus. Members of the suborder include the s (Sabellidae) and serpulid worms (Serpulidae). Among the species are the giant feather duster worm ('' |
Sabellaria
''Sabellaria'' is a genus of marine polychaete worms in the family Sabellariidae. The type species is ''Sabellaria alveolata'' (Linnaeus, 1767). These worms are sedentary and build tubes in which to live from sand and shell fragments. Some species are called honeycomb worms and when they occur in great numbers they can form reefs on rocks and other hard substrates. They are filter feeders, extending a plume-like fan of radioles from the end of the tube in order to catch plankton and detritus floating past. They have a distinctive operculum which is used to block the opening of the tube when the radioles are retracted. JNCC. Retrieved 2011-11-02. Species The following |
Phragmatopoma
''Phragmatopoma'' is a genus of polychaetes belonging to the family Sabellariidae. The species of this genus are found in America. Species: *'' Phragmatopoma attenuata'' *'' Phragmatopoma balbinae'' *''Phragmatopoma californica ''Phragmatopoma californica'', commonly known as the sandcastle worm, the honeycomb worm or the honeycomb tube worm, is a reef-forming marine polychaete worm belonging to the family Sabellarididae. It is dark brown in color with a crown of lave ...'' *'' Phragmatopoma carlosi'' *'' Phragmatopoma caudata'' *'' Phragmatopoma digitata'' *'' Phragmatopoma moerchi'' *'' Phragmatopoma peruensis'' *'' Phragmatopoma villalobosi'' *'' Phragmatopoma virgini'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q3903875 Annelids ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alveolaria (worm) ''
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Alveolaria may refer to: * ''Alveolaria'' (bryozoan), a fossil genus of bryozoans in the family Cerioporidae * ''Alveolaria'' (fungus), a genus of funguses in the family Pucciniosiraceae * ''Alveolaria'', a genus of polychaetes in the family Sabellariidae, synonym of ''Sabellaria ''Sabellaria'' is a genus of marine polychaete worms in the family Sabellariidae. The type species is ''Sabellaria alveolata'' (Linnaeus, 1767). These worms are sedentary and build tubes in which to live from sand and shell fragments. Some specie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neosabellaria
''Neosabellaria'' is a genus of annelids belonging to the family Sabellariidae Sabellariidae is a family of marine polychaete worms in the suborder Sabellida. The worms live in tubes made of sand and are filter feeders and detritivores. Characteristics Members of this family live in tubes made of sand and shell fragments c .... The species of this genus are found in America, Australia, Eastern Asia. Species: *'' Neosabellaria antipoda'' *'' Neosabellaria cementarium'' *'' Neosabellaria clandestinus'' *'' Neosabellaria kaiparaensis'' *'' Neosabellaria rupicaproides'' *'' Neosabellaria uschakovi'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q3889871 Annelids ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lygdamis (worm)
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Lygdamis may refer to: * Tugdamme (or Lygdamis or Dygdamis), Cimmerian king, 679-640 BCE * Lygdamis of Naxos, tyrant of Naxos Island in 545–524 BCE * Lygdamis of Halicarnassus, satrap of Caria in the 6th century BC, father of Artemisia I of Caria * Lygdamis II of Halicarnassus, tyrant of Halicarnassus in the 5th century BC, grandson of Artemisia I of Caria * ''Lygdamis'' (genus), a bristleworm in family Sabellariidae Sabellariidae is a family of marine polychaete worms in the suborder Sabellida. The worms live in tubes made of sand and are filter feeders and detritivores. Characteristics Members of this family live in tubes made of sand and shell fragments c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
