Sealife guideThe marine worms
Earthworms, in the broad sense of the term, are made up of 3 main phyla as far as we are concerned meaning the marine worms.
We will successively focus on the segmented worms then on the flat worms and finally on the spoon worms, one representative of which is the green spoon worm.
Marine worms total around 25,000 different species.
Some segmented worms to discover

Christmas tree worm
(Spirobranchus giganteus)
(Spirobranchus giganteus)

Coral worm
(Filograna implexa)
(Filograna implexa)

Feather duster worm
(Sabella spallanzanii)
(Sabella spallanzanii)

Magnificent feather duster
(Sabellastarte magnifica)
(Sabellastarte magnifica)

Peacock worm
(Sabella pavonina)
(Sabella pavonina)

Spaghetti worm
(Eupolymnia crassicornis)
(Eupolymnia crassicornis)

Split-crown feather duster
(Anamobaea oerstedi)
(Anamobaea oerstedi)

Yellow fanworm
(Notaulax occidentalis)
(Notaulax occidentalis)
Some flat worms to discover

Leopard flatworm
(Euplanoida pardalis)
(Euplanoida pardalis)

Orange flatworm
(Yungia aurantiaca)
(Yungia aurantiaca)

Persian carpet flatworm
(Pseudobiceros bedfordi)
(Pseudobiceros bedfordi)

Pink flatworm
(Prostheceraeus roseus)
(Prostheceraeus roseus)

Red-rim flatworm
(Pseudobiceros splendidus)
(Pseudobiceros splendidus)
Some spoon worms to discover

Green spoon worm
(Bonellia viridis)
(Bonellia viridis)
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