Scolecida


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Sco`le´ci`da


n. pl.1.(Zool.) Same as Helminthes.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Milne- Edwards, 1833d Spionidae Polydora X Cryptogenic Grube, 1850 colonia Moore, 1907 Annelida Polychaeta Palpata Canalipalpata Terebellida Cirratulidae Cirriformia X Cryptogenic Cams, 1863 punctata (Grabe, 1859) Terebellidae Nicolea uspiana X X Native Malmgren, (Nogueira, 1867 2003) Annelida Polychaeta Scolecida Orbiniidae Naineris X Cryptogenic Hartman, laevigata 1942 (Grabe, 1855) Ascidiacea Aplousobranchia Clavelinidae Clavelina X X X Introduced Forbes & oblonga Hanley, 1848 Savigny, 1816 Polyclinidae Aplidium X X X Cryptogenic Milne accarense Edwards, 1842 (Millar, 1953) X X Cryptogenic Polyclinum constellatum Savigny, 1816 X Introduced Aplidiopsis sp.
The Orbiniidae (Polychaeta: Scolecida) are burrowing polychaetes that can be found from low tidal to abyssal depths, acting in most cases as nonselective subsurface deposit feeders.
Annelida Polychaeta Scolecida Family Maldanidae Axiothella rubrocincta (Johnson, 1901): 10 **, 20.