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- How do polychaetes move?
- How do annelids move?
- How do polychaetes survive in the wild?
- How long does a bristle worm live?
- How do polychaetes help the environment?
- How do polychaetes breathe?
- How do Polychaetes operate parapodia?
- How do segmented worms move?
- How do annelids digest?
- How do you feed sessile polychaetes?
- How are polychaetes different from earthworms?
- Are all polychaetes Marine?
- How long can a bristle worm live out of water?
- Can bristle worms live in freshwater?
- Where does the bristle worm live?
How do polychaetes move?
Locomotion in free-moving polychaetes is accomplished by circular, longitudinal, and parapodial muscles and by coelomic fluid. ... Body undulations, which help the worm to move rapidly, are produced by the contraction of longitudinal muscles stimulated by the backward stroke of parapodium of a particular segment.
How do annelids move?
Annelids are able to move around by contracting their little segments. They have parts called setae. Setae are two pairs of hairs on each segment. Those hairs help some annelids (earthworms) get a grip on the soil.
How do polychaetes survive in the wild?
The researchers suspect that these polychaetes survive by feeding on free-living bacteria on the gas hydrate's surface. They may also encourage the growth of their own bacterial food; their waving parapodia create water currents along the surface of the hydrate, delivering fresh oxygen for themselves and the bacteria.
How long does a bristle worm live?
They can live for years, I have had several in my tanks over 3 feet long. Bristle worm populations are limited by food source, if you feed too much the population grows.
How do polychaetes help the environment?
But most importantly, he says, polychaetes may play a vital role in climate control by helping to reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. On the ocean floor, polychaetes help convert organic debris into carbon dioxide, which is transported to the surface dissolved in water.
How do polychaetes breathe?
The smallest species, and those adapted to burrowing, lack gills, breathing only through their body surfaces. Most other species have external gills, often associated with the parapodia. A simple but well-developed circulatory system is usually present.
How do Polychaetes operate parapodia?
Polychaetes' locomotion traits, which involve extension/retraction of parapodia and chaetae, are burrowing, slow creeping (six to eight segments in one 'wavelength'), fast crawling (14 segments), and swimming. Some Aeolosoma species swim with the aid of beating the cilia at the head end of the body.
How do segmented worms move?
Segmented worms move through their burrow by using their well-developed muscles. The worm's stiff bristles stick out from each of the worm segments. In order to crawl forward, the worm sticks it's bristles in the ground and pulls itself along. Segmented worms have a closed circulatory system, like humans.
How do annelids digest?
The gizzard uses stones that the earthworm eats to grind the food completely. The food moves into the intestines as gland cells in the intestine release fluids to aid in the digestive process. The intestinal wall contains blood vessels where the digested food is absorbed and transported to the rest of the body.
How do you feed sessile polychaetes?
Some filter and deposit feeding polychaetes have large spirals of feather-like tentacles that they expand out of their tube and into the water to "catch" food. Other filter and deposit feeding polychaetes move water, and prey, through their burrows by moving their parapodia.
How are polychaetes different from earthworms?
Earthworms differ from polychaetes in that they do not have parapodia but DO possess a clitellum, which is used in reproduction. ... Unlike polychaetes, earthworms lack gills and take in oxygen through their skin, one reason why they most live in moist soils.
Are all polychaetes Marine?
Polychaetes are a large and extremely diverse group. Around 10,000 species have been described. Most are marine. Some, such as featherduster worms, are sedentary, living in tubes buried in sand or mud, and feed by trapping food particles in mucus or by ciliary action.
How long can a bristle worm live out of water?
You'll kill just about everything on the rock before the worms. Most rock is out of the water for several days to a few weeks before reaching the wholesaler and the worms still survive.
Can bristle worms live in freshwater?
Species of Bristle worms
Around 170 are found in freshwater, with the rest being brackish or marine species.
Where does the bristle worm live?
Bristle worms are soft, segmented worms found along shorelines, mud flats and shallow waters throughout the Chesapeake Bay and its rivers.
