Orbiniida
Order of annelid worms / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Orbiniida is an order of small polychaete worms in the phylum Annelida.[3] It is the earliest diverging clade in Sedentaria.[2] Along with Protodriliformia (in Errantia), this order is composed of meiofaunal marine worms formerly known as "archiannelids".[4] These worms inhabit the marine interstitial ecosystem, the space between sand grains.[2]
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Orbiniida | |
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The orbiniid worm Phylo felix. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Annelida |
Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
Clade: | Sedentaria |
Order: | Orbiniida Fauchald 1977[1] sensu Struck et al. 2015[2] |
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