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mollusks such as
marine snails and cephalopods, and some
annelids like
sabellid polychaetes. The most
studied cartilage in
arthropods is the branchial...
- in the
class Polychaeta. The
members of this
family differ from
other sabellid tube
worms in that they have a
specialized operculum that
blocks the entrance...
- branchiae.
Sabellids build tubes out of a tough, parchment-like exudate,
strengthened with sand and bits of s****.
Unlike the
other sabellids, the genus...
- This
sabellid tubeworm is budding...
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quickly retracts in
response to
motion or shadow.
Sabella pavonina and
other Sabellid worms experience heavy predation by bottom-feeding fish, but are capable...
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Encrusting cyclostome bryozoans (B), the one on the
right showing swollen gonozooids; T =
thecideide brachiopod and S =
sabellid worm tube; Jur****ic of Poland....
- (biomineralize). The most
important biomineralizing polychaetes are serpulids,
sabellids and cirratulids. They
secrete tubes of
calcium carbonate.
Serpulids have...
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Serpulid worms are very
similar to tube
worms of the
closely related sabellid family,
except that the
former possess a
cartilaginous operculum that occludes...
- of the
bivalve Mercenaria in
North Carolina.
Thecideide brachiopod (T),
sabellid worm tube (S) and
bryozoans (B) on the s**** of the
bivalve Ctenostreon...
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uniform orange, red, mauve, tan, brown, grey, or
green in color.
Among sabellids of the
Pacific Northwest, S.
insignis is
unique in that all
radioles are...
