Worms

Eighteen Scaled Worm

Eighteen Scaled Worm

  Author: Theodore Jack Common name: Eighteen-scaled Worm, armoured scale-worm, common scale worm. Scientific name:  Halosydna brevistosa Size range:  It can grow up to 11 cm in symbiotic relationships, but is normally around 2 cm in length. Identifying...

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Proceraea prismatica

Proceraea prismatica

Proceraea prismatica Author: Isaac Hatfield Size range:  5-25 mm in length with up to 105 segments Colour: Yellow or pale green with 3 dark lines down back and dark red tips of antennae and cirri. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Annelida Class: Polychaeta...

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Calcareous Tube Worm

Calcareous Tube Worm

Calcareous Tube Worm By Ninh Khuong Common name: Calcareous Tube Worm, Red-Trumpet Calcareous Tube Worm, Limy Tube Worm, Colourful Calcareous Tube Worm. Scientific name: Serpula columbiana In the past the species found on the Pacific Coast of North America was...

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Intertidal Flatworm

Intertidal Flatworm

Intertidal Flatworms Common Names: Flatworms Scientific Name: Notocomplana spp. (Notocomplana actinicola, Notoplana acticola, Leptoplana acticola) Size Range: Up to 6cm (2.3 in. long) There are many species of marine flatworms and according to Lamb and Hanby (2005)...

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