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Related Articles: Polychaete Worms, Worm
Diversity, Nematodes:
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/A Diversity of Aquatic Life
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Sedentariate Polychaete Worm Diversity, part III
Sedentariate Polychaetes part I,
part II, part
IV
To: Errantiate (i.e.
Non-tubiculous) Polychaetes (many known to hobbyists as
"Bristleworms"
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By Bob Fenner
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Family Serpulidae: Calcareous Tubeworms. Sometimes further
divided into worms with spiral tubes (Spirorbidae) and straight
(Serpulidae). Produce white, calcareous tubes, often with longitudinal
ridges, thickenings, spines. Shape, size of cover (operculum) often
useful in determining species. Includes genera: Serpula,
Spirobranchus, Protula
Some Serpulids are tiny, down to barely noticeable
with the naked eye. Here are some calcium tube dwelling ones on a
relatively large Sea Squirt in N. Sulawesi. Smaller than pinhead
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Genus Filograna:
Filograna elatensis, Ben Eliahu & Dafni
1980. A Serpulid with distinctive reddish pinnate tentacles. Red
Sea to Indonesia, S. Japan, Australia and New Guinea. N.
Sulawesi. |
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Filograna implexa,
Berkeley 1828. N. Sulawesi. Formed of irregular masses of white
calcareous tubes. Small heads/crowns of about a dozen simple
capitate tentacles. Often occurs in human-fouled settings. |
Genus Pomatostegus:
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Genus Protula:
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Genus Spirobranchus:
Sedentariate Polychaetes part I,
part II, part
IV
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