Information about Terebellidae

Alvinellidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Annelida
Class:Polychaeta
Order:Terebellida
Family:Terebellidae


Terebellidae is a family of polychaete worms. They are surface deposit feeders, catching falling particles with tentacles splayed out on the sea floor. These tentacles, which are the most or only normally visible portion of the animal and are reminiscent of spaghetti, inspired the common name spaghetti worm.
Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. Scientific classification also can be called scientific taxonomy, but should be distinguished from folk taxonomy, which lacks scientific basis.
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Annelida
Lamarck, 1809

Classes and subclasses

Class Polychaeta (paraphyletic?)
Class Clitellata*
   Oligochaeta - earthworms, etc.
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Polychaeta
Grube, 1850

Subclasses
Palpata
Scolecida

The Polychaeta or polychaetes are a class of annelid worms, generally marine.
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family (Latin: familia, plural familiae) is a rank, or a taxon in that rank. Exact details of formal nomenclature depend on the Nomenclature Code which applies.
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Polychaeta
Grube, 1850

Subclasses
Palpata
Scolecida

The Polychaeta or polychaetes are a class of annelid worms, generally marine.
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Deposit feeders are organisms that feed on the particles of matter in the soil, usually the top sediment where it is filled with organic matter. This can happen by either ingesting the soil or by trapping the falling particles.
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Spaghetti is a long, thin form of pasta. It is versatile, popular, and available throughout the Western world. Spaghetti is the plural form of the Italian word spaghetto, which is a diminutive of spago, meaning "thin string" or "twine".
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