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Worms > Phylum Annelida > Class
Polychaeta
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Typical worm-shaped with bristles*
| To 1.5m. A white ring around the fourth body segment, short pointed bristles along the body sides. Hidden in dead corals. Commonly seen on our Southern shores. | 10cm. Body flat and broad withelaborate bristles along its sides, and a pattern of spots along the centre of the body. Swimming in water or washed ashore. Sometimes common on our Northern shores. | 10-20cm. Body flat, broad, tapered at both ends. Two rows of 'bunches' of bristles. Pink or green. Coral rubble, reefs, seagrasses. Commonly seen on some of our shores. | 20-30cm. Feathery appendages near the head. Usually pink or red. Sometimes seen, headless and bleeding, near seagrasses. Sometimes seen on our Northern shores. |
*Species are difficult to positively identify without close examination of internal parts.
On this website, they are grouped by external features for convenience of display.
These are NOT bristleworms
how to tell apart
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