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93 images Created 6 Feb 2018

"Worms" is a collectiv word for many creeping, elongated or tube-dwelling organisms that have occupied all biotops on Earth, including many parasitic forms that live in or on other organisms. Some of them are shown here and many more will come...

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  • Acoel, commensal flatworms of the genus Waminoa living on the stony coral Tubastraea sp. Photo from a reef in Indonesia.
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  • The expanded proboscis of a sausage worm (Bonellia sp.?) from a coral reef at Kuredu Island, the Maldives.
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  • Ribbon worm (Baseodiscus sp.?) from Suva Reef, Fiji.
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  • Ribbon worm (Baseodiscus sp.?) from Suva Reef, Fiji.
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  • Innkeeper worm (Urechis capuo). Aquariumphoto.
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  • Candy striped flatworm (Prostheceraus vittatus) from Hidra, south-western Norway.
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  • Pseudobiceros fulgor from the Great Barrier Reef
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  • Leopard flatworm (Pseudobiceros pardalis). Aquariumphoto.
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  • Leopard flatworm (Pseudobiceros pardalis). Aquariumphoto.
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  • Scale worm from the genus Lepidonotus. Aquariumphoto.
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  • Loimia medusa from Fliders Reef, the Coral Sea.
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  • Bispira tricyclia removed from its tube. Aquariumphoto.
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  • Floriprotis sabiuarensis. Aquariumphoto.
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  • Floriprotis sabiuarensis. Aquariumphoto.
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  • Fire worms (Hermodice carunculata) from Puerto Rico, the Caribbean.
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  • Eurythoe sp. Aquariumphoto.
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  • Fire worms (Eurythoe complanata) from heron island, southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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  • Tube worm (Sabellastarte sp.) from a reef in the Philippines.
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  • The sedentary polychaet Eunice tubifex collected from shallow waters off Darwin, northern Australia. This species live in soft, parchement-like tubes buried in the sand and often densely covered with Acrozoanthus sp. (Cnidaria, Zoanthidea).
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  • Calcareous tube worms of the species Filograna implexa from heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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  • Fire worm (Hermodice carunculata) from Puerto Rico, the Caribbean.
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  • Calcareous tube worms (Filogranella sp.) from Bunaken, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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  • Notaulax occidentalis from Puerto Rico, the caribbean.
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  • Social feather duster (Bispira brunnea) from Puerto Rico, the caribbean.
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  • Social feather duster (Bispira brunnea) from Puerto Rico, the caribbean.
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  • Calcarous tube worms (Filogranella sp.). Aquariumphoto.
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  • Social feather duster (Bispira brunnea) from Puerto Rico, the caribbean.
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  • Small, calcareous tube worms from the genus Spirorbis. Aquariumphoto.
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  • Calcarous tube worms (Microprotula cf. ovicellata). Aquariumphoto.
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  • Feather duster worms (Bispira viola). Aquariumphoto.
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  • Calcarous tube worm (Microprotula cf. ovicellata). Aquariumphoto.
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  • Social feather duster (Bispira brunnea) from Puerto Rico, the caribbean.
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  • Peacock Worm (Sabella pavonina) is a common tube-dwelling Polychaet from  European waters.
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  • Calcareous tube worm belonging to the Vermilliopsis infundibula/glandigera-complex. Aquariumphoto.
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  • Anterior end of a tube worm (Sabellastarte spectabilis) removed from its tube.
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  • Christmas Tree Worms(Spirobranchus corniculatus) from the Maldives.
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  • Tube worm (Sabellastarte spectabilis) removed from its tube.
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  • Christmas Tree Worms(Spirobranchus corniculatus) removed from its tube.
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  • Christmas Tree Worms(Spirobranchus gardineri) in the coral Leptoseris mycetoseroides. Photo from 20 meters depth at Kuredu Island, the Maldives.
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  • Christmas Tree Worm (Spirobranchus corniculatus) from Flinders Reef, the Coral Sea.
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  • Christmas Tree Worms(Spirobranchus gardineri). Aquariumphoto.
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  • Christmas Tree Worms(Spirobranchus giganteus) in Porites sp. from Puerto Rico, the Caribbean.
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  • Christmas Tree Worms(Spirobranchus corniculatus) in Porites sp. from Bird's Island, Viti Levu, Fiji.
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  • Christmas Tree Worms(Spirobranchus corniculatus) from Flinders Reef, the Coral Sea.
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  • Christmas Tree Worms(Spirobranchus corniculatus) in Porites sp. from Bird's Island, Viti Levu, Fiji.
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  • Tube worm (Sabellastarte sp.) from a reef in the Philippines.
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  • Christmas Tree Worm (Spirobranchus corniculatus) from Flinders Reef, the Coral Sea.
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  • Common earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris) digging in soil.
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  • Acoel, commensal flatworms of the genus Waminoa living on a disc anemone (Discosoma sp.).
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  • The long tentacles of the spaghetti worm Retetrebella queenslandica photographed in a reef slope in the Maldives. The worm itself is buried oin the reef rocks.
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  • Acoel, commensal flatworms of the genus Waminoa living on the stony coral Tubastraea sp. Photo from a reef in Indonesia.
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  • Tropical marine flat worm from the genus Pericelis. Dorsal view.
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  • Ball-of-Yarn bristle worm, Timarete filigera.
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  • Acoel, commensal flatworms of the genus Waminoa living on a disc anemone (Discosoma sp.).
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  • Tropical peanut worms (Phylum Sipunculida) emerging from their burrows in reef rocks.
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  • Tube worms of the species Anamobaea orstedii photographed in Puerto Rico.
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  • Tube worm (Sabellastarte sp.) from Bunaken, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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  • Segments, bristles and gills of a large free-living polychaet worm.
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  • The tentacle cown and mouth of a sedentary tube worm from the genus Sabellastarte.
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  • Free-living bristle worm from the genus Neris with segments, bristles, gills and parapodia.
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  • Christmas tree worms of the species Spirobranchus gardineri.
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  • Fire worms (Hermodice carunculata) from Puerto Rico, the Caribbean.
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  • The tentacle cown and mouth of a sedentary tube worm from the genus Sabellastarte.
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  • Commensal Acoel flatworms, Convolutrilobia retrogemma, on reef rock in an aquarium.
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  • Acoel, commensal flatworms of the genus Waminoa living on a stony corals from the genus Caulastrea.
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  • Acorn worm (Phycodera sp., P. flava?) collected from Coock Islands, the Pacific.
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  • A tiny polychaet worm from the genus Polychaetopterus dwelling in its tube-shaped burrow in coral sand.
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  • Tube worm (Sabellastarte magnifica) from Puerto Rico, Caribbean.
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  • Acoelomorph flatworms, Convolutrilobia sp. (probably C. retrogemma), from a marine aquarium.
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  • The World's lomngest worm, bootale worm (Lineus longissimus) can be up to 55 meters long.  This specimens was collected from the waters of southern Norway and was only a couiple of meters long.
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  • A roundworm embedded in microscopic green, filamentous algae. Collected from a marine aquarium.
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  • Acoelomorph flatworms, Convolutrilobia sp. (probably C. retrogemma), from a marine aquarium.
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  • A roundworm collected from a marine aquarium.
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  • The expanded proboscis of a sausage worm (Bonellia sp.?) from a coral reef at Kuredu Island, the Maldives.
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  • The marine polychaet Phyllochaetopterus sp. removed from its burrowing tube.
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  • The terebellid flatworm Pseudoceros susanae from a coral reef in the maldives.
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  • Tiny marine Polychaet worm from the family Spionidae with ejected palps with which it collecvts minute particles from the water.
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  • Parasitic round worms from the genus Anisakis in the intestine (blind gut, pyloric cecum) of a marine fish.
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  • Earthworm from eastern Madagascar.
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  • Tiger leech (Haemadipsa picta) from Deramakot Forest Reserve, Sabah, Borneo.
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  • Tiger leech (Haemadipsa picta) from Deramakot Forest Reserve, Sabah, Borneo.
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  • The European medicinal leech (Hirudo medicinalis) collected from a fresh water lake in south-western Norway. Here seen with several larva of damselflies
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  • Tiger leech (Haemadipsa picta) from Deramakot Forest Reserve, Sabah, Borneo.
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  • Tiger leech (Haemadipsa picta) from Deramakot Forest Reserve, Sabah, Borneo.
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  • Hammerhead flatworm (Bipalium sp.?) from Tanjung Puting National Park, Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia.
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  • Blue planari (Caenoplana coerulea) from the rainforest of Daintree, northern Queensland, Australia.
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  • Blue planari (Caenoplana coerulea) from the rainforest of Daintree, northern Queensland, Australia.
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  • Peacock Worm (Sabella pavonina) is a common tube-dwelling Polychaet from  European waters.
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  • Peacock Worms, Sabella pavonina.
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  • Peacock Worms, Sabella pavonina.
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  • Parasitic round worms from the genus Anisakis in the liver of a marine fish.
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  • Parasitic round worms from the genus Anisakis in the liver of a marine fish. The arrow points to one specimen
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  • Parasitic round worms from the genus Anisakis collected from the liver of a marine fish.
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