Polychaeta

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Noun 1. Polychaeta - marine annelid worms

Annelida, phylum Annelida - segmented worms: earthworms; lugworms; leeches

polychaete, polychaete worm, polychete, polychete worm - chiefly marine annelids possessing both sexes and having paired appendages (parapodia) bearing bristles

lobworm, lugworm, lug - marine worms having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back; often used for fishing bait

family Terebellidae, Terebellidae - marine burrowing or tube-forming polychete worms usually having long thick bodies

class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders

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A common ancestor with the Phyllodicolidae, a cyclopoid family parasitic on polychaetes, was proposed by Gotto (1961).

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Polychaetes (phylum Annelida) are one of the most abundant and diverse components of soft bottom benthic communities (Giere, 2009).

Anelidos intersticiales de la costa Caribe de Colombia

Of the linear models examining the relationship between oyster mortality and abundance of the five most common OTU (the limpet Patelloida mimula, spionid polychaetes, the snail Bembicium auratum, the mussel Xenostrobus securis, and syllid polychaetes), two showed a significant impact of oyster mortality on species abundance.

EFFECTS OF ESTUARINE ACIDIFICATION ON AN OYSTER-ASSOCIATED COMMUNITY IN NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA

The elongated vertical shape and the circular section of burrows may be made by worm-like organisms, most likely by some polychaetes. However, some arthropods are also capable of producing cylindrical burrows.

First description of Skolithos burrows from the Cambrian--Ordovician boundary interval of the Central Anti-Atlas, Morocco/Maroko Anti-Atlase Kambriumi--Ordoviitsiumi piirikihtides esinevate Skolithos'e kaikude esmakirjeldus

Polydorid polychaetes, some of which are shell-boring worms, can severely affect the growth and development of many economically important mollusc species (Skeel, 1979; Blake, 1996; Handley and Bergquist, 1997; Bilbao et al., 2011).

Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Polydora websteri (Annelida: Spionidae), with Remarks on Relationship of Adult Worms and Larvae using Mitochondrial COI Gene as a Molecular Marker

Polychaetes also were consumed frequently by winter flounder, irrespective of size.

Feeding habits and dietary overlap of age-0 winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) and summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) in southern New England tidal rivers

Expression of 'segmentation' genes during larval and juvenile development in the polychaetes Capitella sp.

Expression and localization of carbonic anhydrase genes in the serpulid polychaete Hydroides elegans

Abundance of polychaetes were found to be the highest (9110 ind./[m.sup.2]) among all macro-benthic communities (Table 2).

Macrobenthic community structure--an approach to assess coastal water pollution in Bangladesh

Mae'n bwydo'n bennaf ar anifeiliaid fel y mwydod gwrychog (polychaetes), a'r cregyn deuddarn (bivalves).

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Lake Nhlange had a community dominated by polychaetes, chironomid larvae, amphipods and the bivalve Brachidontes virgiliae (Barnard, 1964).

Effects of an alien invasive gastropod on native benthic assemblages in coastal lakes of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa