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 ...

Mayu Onozato, Lecturer; Tatsuya Sakamoto, Assistant Professor; Takeshi Fukushima, Professor; Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences ...

Antarctic marine worms survive with a little help from their bacterial friends. Close relatives of earthworms, polychaetes are some of the most common animals on the ocean floor, but how these species ...

If winter has felt gray and colorless for you lately, cheer up and join us for a special, festive edition of the Charismatic Creature Corner. This month, we’re looking not at one creature, but a whole ...

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 are segmented worms that live in nearly all marine habitats, from the shallow seashore or estuaries to the deep sea. They are very abundant, often making up as much as 70% of the animals ...

Many polychaetes, such as these tubeworms, are adapted to living in chemosynthetic ecosystems. Credit: ROV Isis team, NERC. Focus: Studying the biodiversity and natural history of animals at deep-sea ...

Polychaetes / Greg W. Rouse and Fredrik Pleijel Smithsonian Libraries and Archives ...

Carol Simon receives funding from the National Research Foundation, and the Foundational Biodiversity Information Programme. Polychaetes are segmented worms that live in nearly all marine habitats, ...