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ERRANT POLYCHAETE [1 record]

Record 1 1977-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

The errant [or free-moving] polychaetes (...) include some species that are strictly pelagic, some that crawl about beneath rocks and shells, some that are active burrowers in sand and mud, and many species that construct and live in tubes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Un annélide polychète errant [est un membre de la classe Polychaeta dont] les segments du corps sont tous semblables, sauf au voisinage de la bouche ou du pygidium. [Ces annélides] sont le plus souvent pourvus de mâchoires.

Spanish

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