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Australian beach worm
Australonuphis
Visual Appearance
A small but very long thing that looks like something out of Alien
Classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Annelida
Class:
Polychaeta
Order:
Eunicida
Family:
Onuphidae
Size
Length:
2.5 Meters
Environment
Where Found:
Beaches in Australia.
Habitat:
sand barely under the tide
Diet:
seaweed and animal matter
Factoids
They are not dangerous to humans.
They have hundreds of body sections.
They are very rare and aggressive
My Notes
Sources and Links
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australonuphis#Species
https://www.google.com/search?q=australian+beach+worm+diet&sca_esv=565989984&rlz=1C1ONGR_enUS986US986&sxsrf=AM9HkKkIEwJatm4wqwYBYPiMEyw7APjEQA%3A1694911571361&ei=U0wGZbTTFbrMkPIP2J-ggAI&ved=0ahUKEwj0yIvRtbCBAxU6JkQIHdgPCCAQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=australian+beach+worm+diet&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAaAhgDIhphdXN0cmFsaWFuIGJlYWNoIHdvcm0gZGlldDIFECEYoAEyCBAhGKABGIsDMggQIRigARiLA0j6PlCSBFjRKHABeAGQAQCYAZcBoAHFDqoBBDAuMTa4AQPIAQD4AQHCAgoQABhHGNYEGLADwgIEECMYJ8ICBRAAGIAEwgIIEAAYigUYhgPCAgUQIRirAsICCBAhGBYYHhgd4gMEGAAgQYgGAZAGCA&sclient=gws-wiz-serp