Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Sea mouse and Clam Worm


Sea Mouse: Is a marine polychaete worm found in several seas in the northern hemisphere. It lives in muddy sea floors around 1000m deep. It is covered in hair like chaetae. It can grow up to 20 cm long with a diet made up of other polychaetes.

Clam Worm: Is a polychaete worm found in many places around the world. Its other names are ragworm or sandworm. It can grow up to 15 cm long. Its head has four eyes two palps and eight tentacles. The clam worm is free swimming getting its food by savaging the sea floor. For protection it secretes a mucus to form a sort of sheath around them

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