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Hawaiian Worms
FEBRUARY 2007
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 Family Cirratulidae, 1 in (2.5 cm)
Filtering for Food
Photograph by Darlyne A. Murawski
Jawless worms, like this juvenile, filter sediments they gather with their long, creeping tentacles. Such polychaetes—meaning many bristles—may be as wispy as a blade of grass or as thick as a garden hose.
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