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Polychaetes ('many hairs') belong to a phylum of cylindrical soft-bodied invertebrates, Annelida, which date from the Paleozoic era. An annelid's body structure consists of a fluid-filled 'tube-within-a-tube', or coelum, with a projection that resembles a head at one end.
Since November 1998 in South Africa, the legal collection and then only by hand of bristle-worms ( better known as polychaetes) for angling bait has been restricted to ten per person on any given day.
The distribution, abundance and population dynamics of beachworms or beach worms (Onuphidae) in Queensland/N.S.W. and the impact of commercial and recreational fishing. Includes details of the current research on beachworms (Onupidae) being conducted at the University of Queensland (Department of Zoology) by Matthew O'Brien for his PhD.