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Polychaetes have a variety of ways of reproduction. Asexual reproduction does occur. In some species a rather peculiar way of sexual reproduction has evolved. At the tail end the segments slowly change into new organisms.
A comprehensive study done by the US Army Corps of Engineers on economically significant Polychaete worms. Includes life histories, habitat and toxicology. Published in 1988.
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.
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.