Pectinariidae
Encyclopedia
Pectinariidae, or the trumpet worms or ice cream cone worms, are a family of marine
polychaete
worms that build sand tubes roughly resembling ice cream cones up to two inches long.
Marine (ocean)
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polychaete
Polychaete
The Polychaeta or polychaetes are a class of annelid worms, generally marine. Each body segment has a pair of fleshy protrusions called parapodia that bear many bristles, called chaetae, which are made of chitin. Indeed, polychaetes are sometimes referred to as bristle worms. More than 10,000...
worms that build sand tubes roughly resembling ice cream cones up to two inches long.
Genera
- Amphictene Savigny, 1818 - often included in Pectinaria
- Cistenides Malmgren, 1866 - often included in Pectinaria
- PectinariaPectinaria (worm)Pectinaria is a genus of sand tube-building annelid fanworms in the family Pectinariidae.-Species:* Pectinaria articulata* Pectinaria australis Ehlers, 1904* Pectinaria belgica * Pectinaria californiensis...
- Petta Malmgren, 1866
External links
- from A Guide to Singapore Polychaetes
- Pectinaria at MBL Marine Organisms Database
- Family Pectinariidae
- The Polychaeta Terebellida homepage: Pectinariidae