Worms And Worm-Like Invertebrates
21 entries in the Worms And Worm-Like Invertebrates compendium.
NematodeRoundworms that dominate Earth's ecosystems in number and diversity.NematomorphaParasitoid worms that drive hosts to water.NemerteaRibbon worms use a venomous proboscis to capture prey.NereididaeMarine polychaete worms with protein-based jaws and diverse ecology.OligochaetaSoft-bodied annelids including earthworms and many aquatic worms.OnychophoraVelvet worms are terrestrial predators that capture prey with adhesive slime.OrthonectidaMicroscopic parasites among the simplest multicellular organisms.OttoiaA priapulid worm that dominated Cambrian seafloor ecosystems.PhoronidSmall marine worms that filter-feed with a lophophore.PolychaeteDiverse marine annelids with bristle-bearing parapodia.PriapulidaMarine worms with a spiny proboscis, known as living fossils.RiftiaGiant tubeworm that thrives on chemosynthesis at hydrothermal vents.DickinsoniaEnigmatic Ediacaran organism with debated animal affinity.EucestodaLarger subclass of tapeworms, endoparasites of vertebrates.Giant Gippsland earthwormA giant Australian earthworm living in deep burrows.SipunculaMarine worms with a retractable introvert and unsegmented body.Taenia soliumA tapeworm causing two distinct human infections.TrematodaObligate internal parasites with complex, multi-host life cycles.TubifexGenus of segmented worms used as fish food and found in sewers.TurbellariaFree-living flatworms, mostly predators, with ciliated skin (traditional grouping, now considered…XenacoelomorphaSmall marine worms at the base of bilaterian evolution.
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