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Sea squirts: Urochordata related to amphioxus and cephalochordata. Diagram by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Hole. Filter feeding in annelids: sabellid worms. Arenicola : lugworm Polychaete Annelida. Tail toward head shaft
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Sea squirts: Urochordata related to amphioxus and cephalochordata Diagram by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Hole
Arenicola : lugwormPolychaeteAnnelida • Tail toward head shaft • Ingests sand rich in micro-organisms and plankton left by receding tide • Every 40 min castings of sand • Tide in: stream of water driven through burrow tail to head direction current gas exchange sweeps away carbon dioxide and nitrogen; body swellings
Commatulidae: feather starspodia originate as filter feeding devices