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Type Words
Synonyms annelidan
Type Words
Synonyms annelid worm, segmented worm
Type of worm
Has types hirudinean, leech, oligochaete, oligochaete worm, archiannelid, polychaete, polychaete worm, polychete, polychete worm, bloodsucker

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The Polychaeta or polychaetes are a class of annelid worms, generally marine.
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The other members of the Lophotrochozoa are the annelid worms and seven marine phyla.
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Myoscolex, found in Australia and a little older than the Burgess Shale, was possibly an annelid.
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All complex animals are descended from annelid worms.
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This unusual annelid was the European land leech X. lecomtei.
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The earthworm is a limbless annelid worm with a hydrostatic skeleton that moves by means of peristalsis.
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Nearly all polychaetes have parapodia that function as limbs, while other major annelid groups lack them.
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Phylogenomic analyses unravel annelid evolution.
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Acorn worms are quite different to the more familiar annelid worms, as they are close-ish relatives of backboned animals.
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  • Relating to or belonging to or characteristic of any worms of the phylum Annelida
  • Worms with cylindrical bodies segmented both internally and externally
  • Class Polychaeta (paraphyletic?)nClass Clitellata (see below)nu00A0u00A0u00A0Oligochaeta u2013 earthworms, etc.nu00A0u00A0u00A0Branchiobdellidanu00A0u00A0u00A0Hirudinea u2013 leechesnClass Echiura (previously a separate phylum)nClass Machaeridiau2020
  • Any of various wormlike animals, of the phylum Annelida, having a segmented body; they include the earthworm and the leech; of, or relating to these creatures
  • (Annelids) The group of worms that contains the segmented worms, such as the earthworm, and the leeches, as well as a number of marine species.
  • (Annelids) A major group of worms that have many body segments.
  • (Annelids) A phylum that includes segmented terrestrial and aquatic worms.
  • (annelids) aquatic macroinvertebrates of the phylum Annelida; segmented worms with bilateral symmetry, closed circulatory systems, and complete digestive systems; includes leeches.
  • (an - uh - lid) A generic term to refer to animals belonging to the phylum Annelida, which includes earthworms and leeches. Adult horseshoe crabs eat annelids.