Ftvorms ve in water filed spaces between Grains of sana (© There are about 900 spacies of ribbon worms in'geeans around the worl Some species ofrtbon worm live in © symbiotc (mutually beneficial) elatonships ‘th crabs, bivalve molluses and tunicates, Most sibbon worms are les than 20, centimetres in length, however some can each several metres or more. ‘About 15,000 nematode worms have been ‘escibed by scientists so for However, fas been estimated that there may be loser £0'500,000specls of nemetodes nthe x a lian Government Great Barrier Reet “Maine Park Authority May 2005, Many nematodes are microscopic, however some may be up toa metre It length Nematodes ae pests as they can parastse Sand cause harm to almost every species of animal ane pint. Sipunculids are sometimes called peanut wworms because thelr bady shape fs very Sirnflarto peanut.There are many types of worms in the Great Barrier Reef with the main catagories Including flatworms, ribbon worms, ‘nematode worms, ‘eoelomate worms and annelid worms. Flatworms Four groups of flatworms are found on the Great Barrer Ree! incluging macrofaunal (large free-living worms) Melosfaunal (small fee-Iving worms) interstital less than one millimetre), and 1 Symoote (these worms ive In a mutually Bénetcal arrangement with other species) Fiatworms have flattened bodies and are tiny marine animals. They lve in the water-filed Spaces Between grains of sand. The spaces Between the grits of sand create 8 complex three-dimentonal labyrinth through which the ‘worms move, feed and reproduce. Where there fre strong currents and tides, flatworms risk Being washed out of the sand and neo the water Because they ore so smal So, most have adhesive frgans that enable them to arp grains of san. Flatworms mainly est other invertebrates srl ‘enough to be captured Ribbon Worms Ribbon worms usually ive in or on the sea floor Under shells and stones a in marine algae. Some brow into sand or mud, Most ribbon worms are pale, however sore speces are brightly coloured tnth patterns of yellow, orange, red and green, Ridbon worms extend » proboscis to capture thelr food, The proboscis shoots out of the body under pressure ang cols aroun the prey. Stic toxic Eecretions from the proboscis help ribbon worms fold and immaolze their food Nematode Worms Nematodes (also known as round worms) ie all ver the world ang have eon ciscovered an the ‘ery highest mountaintops, and in the greatest Sept of te oceans, Nematodes Nave 9 eyinoer= Shaped body which is covered witha secreted, flexbie,nonsiving eutice, sila tothe material from which our fngernais are made, Non-segmented Coelomate Worms the non-segmented coclomate worms include the folloning three groups of Similar animals, They al ack segmentation ‘and are simiar in appearance, “Sipunculids - 320 species. They burrow in and and mad or lve in coral or wood excavations, orn old mollusc shells Echlurans ~ 140 species. These sausage Shaped marine animals burrow in sand and mud, orve in rack or coral crevices They ‘eed using a special apparatus called the Drostomuum, whieh transports food #9 thar mouth Priapulida - 36 ving and 11 fossil species. ‘These cucumber-shaped ar worm=ike marine “gnimal live buried in sand anc'mud in shallow