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Chaetognatha


arrow worm
Arrow worm. Image credit: NOAA
A phylum of marine worm-like animals with bodies divided into head, trunk, and tail, also known as arrow worms. The trunk bears lateral fins. Larval chaetognathans are free-swimming; adults are planktonic or tube-dwellers.


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