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  2. List of fictional worms - Wikipedia

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    The Carthus Sand Worm is a miniboss in Dark Souls III. Grove Worm, an enemy from Spyro. The Eater Of Worlds, a boss in Terraria. The Devourer of Gods, a boss in the Calamity mod for Terraria. The Crystal Worm Mother, a boss in Realm of the Mad God. The Lekgolo, a species of colonial worms which operate machinery as a hive, from the Halo franchise.

  3. Sandworm (Dune) - Wikipedia

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    A sandworm is a fictional extraterrestrial creature that appears in the Dune novels written by Frank Herbert, first introduced in Dune (1965). Sandworms are colossal, worm-like creatures that live on the desert planet Arrakis. Their larvae produce a drug called melange (known colloquially as "the spice"), the most essential and valuable ...

  4. Arenicola - Wikipedia

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    The tail shaft, 2 to 3 in (5.1 to 7.6 cm) from it, is marked by a highly coiled cast of sand. The lugworm lies in this burrow with its head at the base of the head shaft, swallowing sand from time to time. This makes the columns of sand drop slightly, so there is a periodic sinking of the sand in the saucer-shaped depression.

  5. Eunice aphroditois - Wikipedia

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    Eunice aphroditois. Pallas, 1788. Eunice aphroditois is a benthic bristle worm of warm marine waters. It lives mainly in the Atlantic Ocean, but can also be found in the Indo-Pacific. [1][2] It ranges in length from less than 10 cm (4 in) to 3 m (10 ft). [3] Its exoskeleton displays a wide range of colors, from black to purple and more.

  6. Giant clam - Wikipedia

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    Giant clam. Tridacna gigas, the giant clam, is the most well-known species of the giant clam genus Tridacna. Giant clams are the largest living bivalve mollusks. Several other species of "giant clams" in the genus Tridacna, are often misidentified as Tridacna gigas. Known to indigenous peoples of East Asia for thousands of years, the Venetian ...

  7. Alitta virens - Wikipedia

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    Nereis yankiana Quatrefages, 1866 *. Alitta virens (common names include sandworm, sea worm, and king ragworm; older scientific names, including Nereis virens, are still frequently used) is an annelid worm that burrows in wet sand and mud. They construct burrows of different shapes (I,U,J and Y) [2] They range from being very complex to very ...

  8. Sand dollar - Wikipedia

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    The term "sand dollar" derives from the appearance of the tests (skeletons) of dead individuals after being washed ashore. The test lacks its velvet-like skin of spines and has often been bleached white by sunlight. To beachcombers of the past, this suggested a large, silver coin, such as the old Spanish dollar, which had a diameter of 38–40 mm.

  9. Lumbricus terrestris - Wikipedia

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    Lumbricus terrestris is relatively large, pinkish to reddish-brown in colour, generally 110–200 millimetres (4.3–7.9 in) in length and about 7–10 millimetres (0.28–0.39 in) in diameter. It has around 120–170 segments, often 135–150. The body is cylindrical in the cross section, except for the broad, flattened posterior section.