If winter has felt gray and colorless for you lately, cheer up and join us for a special, festive edition of the Charismatic Creature Corner. This month, we’re looking not at one creature, but a whole ...

These strange worms are a type of polychaete worm that belong to the family Nereididae commonly known as clam worms. Polycheate worms are set apart from other marine worms by bristles (known as cheate ...

The lessons invertebrate zoologist Karen Osborn learns from the tiny worms may have robotic implications Megan Kalomiris Cirratulidae polychaete worms are covered in tangled strands of external gills.

Fauchald, Kristian. 1977. "The polychaete worms. Definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera." Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series, 28 1–188.

Carol Simon receives funding from the National Research Foundation, and the Foundational Biodiversity Information Programme. Polychaetes are segmented worms that live in nearly all marine habitats, ...