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Riftia pachyptila, commonly known as the giant tube worm and less commonly known as the giant beardworm, is a marine invertebrate in the phylum Annelida [1] (formerly grouped in phylum Pogonophora and Vestimentifera) related to tube worms commonly found in the intertidal and pelagic zones.
Researchers have uncovered fossils of giant predator worms, some of Earth’s earliest carnivorous animals that roamed the seas 518 million years ago.
Eunice aphroditois is a benthic bristle worm of warm marine waters. It lives mainly in the Atlantic Ocean, but can also be found in the Indo-Pacific. [1] [2] It ranges in length from less than 10 cm (4 in) to 3 m (10 ft). [3] Its exoskeleton displays a wide range of colors, from black to purple and more.
Bipalium species are predatory.Some species prey on earthworms, while others may also feed on mollusks. [10] [11] These flatworms can track their prey. [12]When captured, earthworms begin to react to the attack, but the flatworm uses the muscles in its body, as well as sticky secretions, to attach itself to the earthworm to prevent escape.
Powelliphanta is a genus of large, air-breathing land snails, pulmonate gastropods in the family Rhytididae, found only in New Zealand. They are carnivorous, eating invertebrates, mostly native earthworms. Often restricted to very small areas of moist forest, they are prey to introduced mammalian predators, and many species are threatened or ...
Thousands of new species are found each year. Here are three of our most eye-catching stories from the past week. → Volcanic ocean creature — with 'long' legs — discovered in Japan.
These giant snails live on sandy bottoms in the intertidal zone and the sublittoral down to about 30 m. [12] Where it has not been overfished, this snail is locally common. (Abbott & Dance, 1982) This carnivorous species is specialized for feeding on polychaete worms in the genera Polyodontes , Loimia (Terebellidae) and Diopatra . [7]
For example, the Eunice aphroditois crawl on the seafloor where they scavenge in a carnivorous feeding pattern on marine worms, small crustaceans, molluscs, algae and detritus. [ 2 ] [ 14 ] [ 22 ] [ 23 ] [ 24 ] Other species, for example Euniphysa tubifex and large Eunice, hunt the surrounds of their coral habitats and feed on the decaying ...