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Definition of Terebellidae
1. Noun. Marine burrowing or tube-forming polychete worms usually having long thick bodies.
Generic synonyms: Worm Family
Group relationships: Class Polychaeta, Polychaeta
Member holonyms: Genus Terebella, Terebella, Genus Polycirrus, Polycirrus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Terebellidae
Literary usage of Terebellidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Contribution to American Thalassography: Three Cruises of the United by Alexander Agassiz, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (1888)
"264), terebellidae, Sa- ... terebellidae, and Sabellidae extend to 300 fathoms,
and such families as the ..."
2. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1897)
"... and terebellidae), and the eggs are different in size, in the quantity and
quality of yolk, and in the relative size of the ..."
3. The Microscope: Being a Familiar Introduction to the Use of the Instrument by Jabez Hogg (1869)
"... the terebellidae, and the Serpulidae. The branchiae in the three former families
are ciliated, branched plumes or tufts attached to the dorsal surface ..."
4. Amphioxus and the Ancestry of the Vertebrates by Arthur Willey (1894)
"... medusa) belonging to the family of the terebellidae, the nephridia of each
side were joined together by longitudinal ducts, which he compared, ..."
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