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Syllis sp.
Leslie Harris : "
I'm sure the worm had nothing to do with the closure of the mussel. Syllids tend to be predators on sessile organisms like bryozoans and sponges, some eat algae & detritus, and a couple of species are known to prey on soft corals. The normal mode of feeding is to puncture cell walls & suck out the contents so with a few exceptions they do little damage to their prey. One big exception is Syllis onkylochaeta Hartmann-Schroder which eats soft corals."
Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Errantia (Subclass) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Nereidiformia (Suborder) > Syllidae (Family) > Syllinae (Subfamily) > Syllis (Genus)
Leslie Harris : "
I'm sure the worm had nothing to do with the closure of the mussel. Syllids tend to be predators on sessile organisms like bryozoans and sponges, some eat algae & detritus, and a couple of species are known to prey on soft corals. The normal mode of feeding is to puncture cell walls & suck out the contents so with a few exceptions they do little damage to their prey. One big exception is Syllis onkylochaeta Hartmann-Schroder which eats soft corals."
Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Errantia (Subclass) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Nereidiformia (Suborder) > Syllidae (Family) > Syllinae (Subfamily) > Syllis (Genus)