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- proper noun A taxonomic
class within thephylum Annelida — variouspolychete marine worms .
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Interspecific comparison of Ophryotrocha (Polychaeta: Dorvilleidae).
Approaches to projecting climate change effects on arctic fish populations 2009
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Interspecific comparison of Ophryotrocha (Polychaeta: Dorvilleidae).
Approaches to projecting climate change effects on arctic fish populations 2009
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Slide 9: Choice of invertebrate taxa for oral presentations, Dec 2 (Dr. Gross will do the stony corals) - Phylum Cnidaria, class Anthozoa, soft corals - Phylum Mollusca, class Gastropoda - Phylum Mollusca, class Bivalva - Phylum Annelida, class Polychaeta - Phylum Arthropoda (arthropods), class Crustacea, shrimps - Phylum Arthropoda
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