Field Guide     ANNELIDA : Polychaeta  

Underwater Field Guide to Ross Island & McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

ANNELIDA
polychaetes, bristle worms, featherduster worms, leeches

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chaetopterid polychaete
Chaetopterus variopedatus

flabelligerid polychaete
Flabelligera mundata

hesionid polychaete
Psamathe fauveli

maldanid polychaete
Axiothella antarctica

nephtyid polychaete
Aglaophamus trissophyllus

opheliid polychaete or sand worm
Ophelina breviata

orbiniid polychaete
Leitoscoloplos kerguelensis

polynoid polychaete
Barrukia cristata

polynoid polychaete

sabellid polychaete or
featherduster worm
Perkinsiana sp. probably
Perkinsiana littoralis

spionid polychaete
Spiophanes tcherniai

spionid polychaete
Laonice sp.

terebellid polychaete



eggs of piscicolid leech
Glyptonotobdella antarctica
on giant Antarctic isopod

piscicolid leech


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