Directory of Polychaeta Resources

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• Bristle Worms and their Larvae

  http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artmar99/polych.html
  Article by Wim van Egmond on the life cycle and development of these marine worms, nicely illustrated.

• Giant Tube Worm: Riftia pachyptila

  http://www.arkive.org/giant-tube-worm/riftia-pachyptila/
  Photographs and information from ARKive.

• Guide to Singapore Polychaetes

  http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/polychaete/
  Introduction to Polychaetes, list of families, an interactive system for Polychaete identification, glossary, and references.

• Hydroides elegans

  http://www.sms.si.edu/irlspec/Hydroides_elegans.htm
  Taxonomy, photographs and description of this fouling serpulid worm, its habitat and distribution, life history, physical tolerances, community ecology and invasion information.

• Polychaete Identification Keys

  http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/taxinfo/index2.html
  Taxonomic information provided by the Natural History Museum.

• Polychaete Larva

  http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/micropolitan/marine/larva/frame8.html
  Photograph of a Magelonid larva.

• Spirobranchus giganteus: Christmas Tree Worm

  http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/htmls/reef1027.htm
  Photograph taken in the Caribbean.

• Trochophore Larva

  http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/micropolitan/marine/larva/frame7.html
  Photograph of a Mitraria larva.

 

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