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unusual facts about polychaete worms



Porites furcata

The niches and crevices in this coral are home to a range of invertebrates and other organisms including brittle stars, sea urchins, polychaete worms, chitons and algae.

Thalassia testudinum

These include bivalves and other molluscs, polychaete worms, amphipods and juvenile fish which hide among the leaf blades, sea urchins, crabs and caridean shrimps.


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Amphitrite ornata

The ornate worm, Amphitrite ornata, is often found in marine environments also inhabited by other Polychaete worms which produce and contaminate sediments with bromophenols and bromopyrroles.

Hesiocaeca methanicola

Methane clathrate deposits in the ocean floor have been found to be inhabited by polychaete worms of the species Hesiocaeca methanicola.