Species Profile
Chaetopterus
Parchment worm
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumAnnelida
ClassPolychaeta
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Chaetopterus inhabits marine burrows.
Sessile and filter-feeding.
Specialized polychaete.
Size & Structure
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Body divided into regions
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Parchment-like tube
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Modified parapodia
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Pale colour
Chaetopterus — 3D Model
No 3D model available
General Features
- Coelom
- Coelomate
- Body plan
- Tube within a tube body plan (Protostomous)
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Present
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral
- Fertilization
- External
- Digestion type
- Complete
- Nervous system
- Ladder-like
- Excretory organ
- Nephridia
- Body temperature
- Poikilothermic, stenohaline
- Circulatory type
- Closed circulation
- Development type
- Indirect
- Respiratory type
- Through parapodia
- Mode of excretion
- Ammonotelism
- Circulation system
- Closed
- Skeleton structure
- Absent
- Level of Organisation
- Organ system level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoregulator
Ecology
Filter feeder
Benthic ecosystem role
Sediment stabilization
Economic Importance
Marine research
Teaching specimen
Biodiversity studies