Question

differences between polychaetes and oligochaetes

Answer 1

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• Polychaetes are annelid worms that are mostly found in marine environments.
• Earth worms are annelids too, but they're oligochaetes.
• The major differences between polychaetes and oligochaetes that can be used to distinguish them are the parapodia and chaetae.
• Polychaetes have them and oligochaetes don't.

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Answer 2

Polychaetes are organism that has many bristles on their body but oligochaetes are organism that has fewer bristles on their body.

What is the difference between polychaetes and oligochaetes?

• Polychaetes live only in marine but oligochaetes live in aquatic as well as terrestrial habitat
• The head of polychaetes is fully developed whereas the head of oligochaetes is not fully developed
• Polychaetes have parapodia whereas oligochaetes do not have parapodia
• Polychaetes are free-living organisms whereas oligochaetes are free-living organisms as well as parasites