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Myzostomida
polychaete order
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annotated classification
- In annelid: Annotated classification
Order Myzostomida Body disk-shaped or oval without external segmentation; external or internal commensals or parasites of echinoderms, especially crinoids; size, minute to 1 cm; genera include Myzostoma. Order Poeobiida Body saclike without external segmentation; anterior end with circle of tentacles; 2 internal septa
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characteristics
- In annelid: Behaviour and associations.
Myzostomida, an atypical polychaete group, are commensal or parasitic either on the surface of or within echinoderms, primarily the crinoids. Polychaete species that live on the surface feed on fine particles carried to the mouth of the crinoid. Parasites that live within crinoids may be…
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