Suborder
Cirratuliformia
Dodecaceria fewkesi. Photo: (c) Siena McKim, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Terebellida make up an order of the Polychaeta class, commonly referred to as “bristle worms”. Together with the Sabellida, the Spionida and some enigmatic families of unclear taxonomic relationship (e.g. the Saccocirridae), they make up the subclass Canalipalpata, one of the three main clades of polychaetes. Like most polychaetes, almost all members of the Terebellida are marine organisms. Most are small, sessile detritivores (deposit feeders) which live in small tubes they build from mud or similar…
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