Most polychaete species spend their lives in burrows in the seabed. However, adult individuals of two species, Alitta succinea and Platynereis dumerilii, leave their burrows to spawn during warm ...

Unbeknownst to most landlubbers, polychaetes rule the seas. There are at least 10,000 species of these swimming bristly worms, some of which pop with brilliant colors or light up with a bioluminescent ...

The lessons invertebrate zoologist Karen Osborn learns from the tiny worms may have robotic implications Megan Kalomiris Cirratulidae polychaete worms are covered in tangled strands of external gills.

Polychaetes, or bristle worms, represent one of the most diverse groups within Annelida, occupying habitats from intertidal sands to the abyssal plains. Ecologically, they perform vital roles in ...

"Why study worms?" asks Dr Pat Hutchings, one of the Australian Museum's senior principal research scientists, with a passion that belies the fact she has pored over polychaetes – or seaworms as they ...

The researchers found one and sometimes two polychaete inside a jellyfish. This aurelia aurita jellyfish has two worms in its gut. Photo: Hannah Yeo/SDU. Most polychaete species spend their lives in ...