Sabella
SABELLA
CLASSIFICATION :
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Polychaeta
Genus: Sabella
COMMENTS:
•Sabella is commonly called Peacock worm.
•Body is elongated, vermiform,metamerically segmented, measuring 24 to 28 cm in length.
•Body comprises small head, thorax & abdomen.
•Head consists of prostomium bearing tentacles, peristomium & collar region with segments.
•Each tentacle bears two rows of small pinnules (hipinnate) having mucus- secreting.
•Thorax consists of eight segments bearing parapodia having dorsal lobe hair like, ventral lobe hooked.
•Abdomen consists of about 300 segments bearing parapodia having hooked dorsal- lobe & hair - like ventral lobe.
•A dorsal faecal groove extends from mouth to anus.
•Sabella is filter feeder, feeding by the movement of tentacles.
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