Sealife guideThe marine worms

Earthworms, in the broad sense of the term, are made up of 3 main phyla as far as we are concerned meaning the marine worms.
We will successively focus on the segmented worms then on the flat worms and finally on the spoon worms, one representative of which is the green spoon worm.
Marine worms total around 25,000 different species.
The spirograph is a segmented worm (Mediterranean sea, October 2005)
The green spoon worm (Bonellia viridis) belongs to the echiurans (Mediterranean sea, October 2005)
Some segmented worms to discover
Bearded fireworm (Hermodice carunculata)
Bearded fireworm
(Hermodice carunculata)
Christmas tree worm (Spirobranchus giganteus)
Christmas tree worm
(Spirobranchus giganteus)
Feather duster worm (Sabella spallanzanii)
Feather duster worm
(Sabella spallanzanii)
Magnificent feather duster (Sabellastarte magnifica)
Magnificent feather duster
(Sabellastarte magnifica)
Peacock worm (Sabella pavonina)
Peacock worm
(Sabella pavonina)
Spaghetti worm (Eupolymnia crassicornis)
Spaghetti worm
(Eupolymnia crassicornis)
Split-crown feather duster (Anamobaea oerstedi)
Split-crown feather duster
(Anamobaea oerstedi)
Yellow fanworm (Notaulax occidentalis)
Yellow fanworm
(Notaulax occidentalis)
Some flat worms to discover
Leopard flatworm (Euplanoida pardalis)
Leopard flatworm
(Euplanoida pardalis)
Orange flatworm (Yungia aurantiaca)
Orange flatworm
(Yungia aurantiaca)
Persian carpet flatworm (Pseudobiceros bedfordi)
Persian carpet flatworm
(Pseudobiceros bedfordi)
Pink flatworm (Prostheceraeus roseus)
Pink flatworm
(Prostheceraeus roseus)
Red-rim flatworm (Pseudobiceros splendidus)
Red-rim flatworm
(Pseudobiceros splendidus)
Some spoon worms to discover
Green spoon worm (Bonellia viridis)
Green spoon worm
(Bonellia viridis)

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