Annelida traditionally included Polychaeta and Clitellata. ... chaetae are in close proximity to the stiff body wall, an arrangement that facilitates a better anchorage in tubes and burrows.

Polychaete means 'many bristles', the experts explained. 'Each body segment has a pair of fleshy protrusions called parapodia covered in bristles called chaetae,' they wrote.

Accompanying footage shows the shimmery critter crawling across the ocean floor like a burlesque sea slug. The polychaete was discovered by a remotely piloted robot that was exploring the Chile ...

Polychaete means 'many bristles', the experts explained. 'Each body segment has a pair of fleshy protrusions called parapodia covered in bristles called chaetae,' they wrote.

The Schmidt Ocean Institute shared footage from it's Chile Margin expedition on Instagram that shows a sparkling deep-sea worm known as a polychaete.

They belong to a family of marine worms called polychaete, meaning “many bristles,” which can be found in nearly every ocean environment around the world, according to Natural World Facts.

They belong to a family of marine worms called polychaete, meaning “many bristles,” which can be found in nearly every ocean environment around the world, according to Natural World Facts.

Ancient fossils have shed new light on a type of sea worm linking it to the time of an evolutionary explosion that gave rise to modern animal life. Researchers at Durham University, UK, and ...

The polychaete was discovered by a remotely piloted robot that was ... creature’s body segments sports a pair of fleshy appendages called parapodia that are forested with bristles called chaetae.