Philippines Photo Gallery: Dumaguete Worms

Flatworms are the most primitive animals with bilateral symmetry. They have a single body opening on the ventral surface.

Acoel flatworms, Waminoa brickneri

Polyclad flatworm, Pseudoceros sp.

Polyclad flatworm, Pseudoceros galatheensis

Flatworm, Pseudoceros hancockanus

Polyclad flatworm, Pseudoceros sp.

Flowers' flatworm, Pseudobiceros flowersi

Fan worms:

Feather duster worm, Sabellastarte sp.

Unidentified feather duster worm, unidentified species

Unidentified fan worm, unidentified species

Slime tube worm (sand fan worm), Myxicola infundibulum

Unidntified feather duster worm, unidentified species

Unidentified feather duster worm, unidentified species

Magnificent tube worm, Protula bispiralis

Unidentified feather duster worm, unidentified species

Unidentified frsther duster worm, unidentified species

Unidentified feather duster worms, unidentified species

Unidentified feather duster worm, unidentified species

Unidentified feather duster worm, Sabellastarte sp.

Feather duster worm, Bispira sp.

Other worms:

Christmas tree worms, Spirobranchius giganteus

Grand coral worm snail, Serpulorbis grandis; this animal is actually a snail.

Solenogaster, Epimenia sp., a shell-less, worm-like mollusc

Amphora fire worm, Chloeia cf amphora

Sea star scale worm, Asterophilia carlae

Spaghetti worm, Loimia medusa

Fireworm (bristle worm), Chloeia sp.


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