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Scientific Name: Loimia medusa (Savigny, 1820)
English Name: Medusa worm
Local/Bangla Name: Somudra Bicha (সমুদ্র বিছা), Somudra Changa (সমুদ্র ছ্যাংগা)
Photo: Rob Aguilar (GBIF)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Polychaeta
Order: Terebellida
Family: Terebellidae
Description:
The buccal segment has a substantial membranous lower lip.The uncini are shaped like combs with a vertical arrangement of 5 to 6 teeth, forming double rows at the posterior thorax. Well-defined ventral pads can be found on segments up to the 15th. Loimia medusa has an elongated body with eye-spots. Its tentacles are lengthy and often display purple bands. The first branchium is frequently larger than the other two. Seventeen segments have narrow-winged capillaries with smooth tips.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Shakbaria (the Sundarbans) and Bakkhali river mouth (Coxs Bazar)
Environment:
Marine
Main References:
Kabir SMH, Ahmed M, Ahmed ATA, Rahman AKA, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondoker M (EDS.) 2009 Encyclopedia of flora and fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 16. Annelida Echainodermata Acanthocephala and Minor Phyla.. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka. 232 pp.
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