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Wikipedia / Sea worm

Sea worm, also spelt seaworm, may refer to one or several of the following taxa:

Taxonomic name

Type

Description

Size (length)

Annelida

phylum

segmented worms

ranges from microscopic to

Aplacophora

Sub-phylum

molluscs that look like worms

a few millimeters to several centimeters

Chaetognatha

phylum

arrow worms

Cycliophora

phylum

found living attached to the bodies of lobsters

less than ½mm wide

Entoprocta

phylum

sessile aquatic worms

ranges from

Gastrotricha

phylum

pseudocoelomate worms

Gnathostomulida

phylum

jaw worms

Hemichordata

phylum

deuterostome worms

a few centimeters to 2,5 meters

Kinorhyncha

phylum

pseudocoelomate invertebrates, widespread in mud or sand at all depths

1mm or less

Loricifera

phylum

sediment-dwelling worms

100μm to ca.1mm

Micrognathozoa

superphylum

discovered living in homothermic springs

Nematoda

phylum

round wormss

ranges from microscopic to , and some parasitic ones reaching over

Nematomorpha

phylum

parasitic worms

Nemertea

phylum

invertebrate ribbon worms

most are less than long, one specimen has been estimated at

Phoronida

phylum

horseshoe worms

, the largest are

Platyhelminthea

phylum

flatworms

Priapulida

phylum

penis worms, general shape may recall the shape of a penis

Sipuncula

class

peanut worms, a group of unsegmented marine annelids

Teredinidae

family

shipworms, which are marine bivalve molluscs

several inches to five feet.

Xenoturbellida

subphylum

bilaterian worm-like species

up to

See also

References