Maldanidae (unidentified)
(Unidentified Bamboo Worms)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
UnidentifiedMaldanidae (unidentified) (Unidentified Bamboo Worms)
FamilyMALDANIDAE (bamboo worms)
OrderCAPITELLIDA (lugworms, bamboo worms and relatives)
InfraclassScolecida (an infraclass of annelids)
SubclassSEDENTARIA (a subclass of annelids)
ClassPOLYCHAETA (polychaete worms and ragworms)
PhylumANNELIDA (segmented worms and leeches)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Maldanidae (unidentified) (Unidentified Bamboo Worms) :
1: Maldanidae (unidentified) (Unidentified Bamboo Worms)
5 Apr 2012 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
live animals in sand tube
Image 1: Tubes fragments - white backgroundImage 2: Tubes fragments - white background (2)Image 3: Worm - white backgroundImage 4: Worm - white background (2)Image 5: Worm - white background (3)Image 6: Worm - white background (4)Image 7: Worm - white background (5)Image 8: Worm - white background (6)Image 9: Worm - white background (7)Image 10: Image 11: Image 12: Broken off end - close-up - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 13: Broken off end - close-up - highly enlarged - white background (2)Image 14: Broken off end - close-up - highly enlarged - white background (3)Image 15: Broken off end - close-up - highly enlarged - white background (4)Image 16: Genital segment - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 17: Genital segment - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 18: Genital segment - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - white background (2)Image 19: Head - antero-ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 20: Head - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 21: Head - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - white background (2)Image 22: Head - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - white background (3)Image 23: Head - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 24: Head - dorsal view - magnified (2)Image 25: Head - dorsal view - magnified (3)Image 26: Head - dorsal view - magnified (4)Image 27: Head - dorsal view - magnified (5)Image 28: Head end - close-up - enlarged - white backgroundImage 29: Head end - lateral view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 30: Head end - lateral view - enlarged - white background (2)Image 31: Head - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 32: Head - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - white background (2)Image 33: Head - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - white background (3)Image 34: Head - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - white background (4)Image 35: Head - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - white background (5)Image 36: Head - latero-dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 37: Head - postero-dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 38: Head - postero-lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 39: Head - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 40: Head - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - white background (2)Image 41: Head - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - white background (3)Image 42: Mid-section - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 43: Mid-section - dorsal view - magnified (2)Image 44: Mid-section - dorsal view - magnified (3)Image 45: Mid-section - dorsal view - magnified (4)Image 46: Mid-section - dorsal view - magnified (5)Image 47: Mid-section - ventral view - magnifiedImage 48: Segmentation - close-up - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 49: Sementation - latero-dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 50: Tail end - dorsal view - magnified - black backgroundImage 51: Tail end - ventral view - magnified - black backgroundImage 52: Tail end - ventral view - magnified - black background (2)Image 53: Tail end - ventral view - magnified - black background (3)Image 54: Tail end - ventral view - magnified - black background (4)Image 55: Tail end - ventral view - magnified - black background (5)Image 56: Worm - dorsal view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 57: Worm - enlarged - white backgroundImage 58: Worm - enlarged - white background (2)Image 59: Worm - enlarged - white background (3)Image 60: Worm - enlarged - white background (4)Image 61: Worm - lateral view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 62: Worm - ventral view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 63: Worm - ventral view - enlarged - white background (2)
2: Maldanidae (unidentified) (Unidentified Bamboo Worms)
1 Mar 2010 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
dug from sand at low spring tide
Image 1: Worm - extracted from tube - natural backgroundImage 2: Worm - extracted from tube - natural background (2)Image 3: Worm - extracted from tube - natural background (3)Image 4: Worm - extracted from tube - natural background (4)Image 5: Worm - extracted from tube - natural background (5)Image 6: Worm - extracted from tube - natural background (6)Image 7: Worm - extracted from tube - natural background (7)Image 8: Worm - extracted from tube - white backgroundImage 9: Worm - extracted from tube - white background (2)Image 10: Worm - extracted from tube - white background (3)Image 11: Worm - extracted from tube - white background (4)Image 12: Worm - extracted from tube - white background (5)Image 13: Head end - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 14: Segment with banding - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 15: Segment with chaetae - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 16: Segment with chaetae - highly enlarged - white background (2)Image 17: Segment with chaetae - highly enlarged - white background (3)Image 18: Segment with crochets - highly enlarged - white background

Maldanidae (unidentified) (Unidentified Bamboo Worms) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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