Species Profile
Nereis
Rag worm
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumAnnelida
ClassPolychaeta
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Neanthes lives in marine sandy habitats.
Active and carnivorous.
Representative of Polychaeta.
Size & Structure
01
Long segmented body
02
Parapodia with setae
03
Distinct head
04
Brownish colour
Nereis — 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 with ganglia
- 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
Marine predator
Sediment turnover
Marine food web
Economic Importance
Fish bait
Marine ecology studies
Educational importance