Scientific Name: Er.Marcus, 1944
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Polychaeta
Family: Aeolosomatidae
Description:
Aeolosoma are transparent worms, very thin and of the length of 1.5–2 mm. They usually reproduce asexually. This is done by paratomy (fragmentation), when the posterior segments are separated from the parent worm.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Commonly found in the fish pond, rivers, lakes, haors, and other fresh waterbodies of Bangladesh
Environment:
Freshwater
References:
Das BC, Reynolds JW (2003) A checklist and distribution of the freshwater and terrestrial Annelida (Oligochaeta, Hirudinea and Polychaeta) of Bangladesh. Megadrilogica. 2003;9(10):61-70.
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