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| Peanut
worms are unsegmented worms that burrow in the ground. |
Synaptid
sea cucumbers have bumpy soft bodies and are usually draped on sponges
or ascidians. |
The
worm eel is a fish that burrows in the ground or hides in crevices
among coral rubble. |
| They don't move
very quickly, but are not as slow as synaptid sea cucumbers. |
They generally
don't move much or do so quite slowly. |
A very active
and fast moving animal. |
| Generally do
not have tentacles around the mouth, nor eyes. |
They have a ring
of tentacles around the mouth that gathers edible bits from the water.
They have no eyes. |
It has small
eyes and a mouth. |
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| Peanut worms
belong to Phylum Sipuncula
which is different from the more commonly encountered segmented worms
of the Phylum Annelida. |
Synaptid sea
cucumbers belong to Phylum Echinodermata,
Class Holothuroidea
which includes other sea cucumbers. |
The worm eel
is a fish and thus a vertebrate
(like us) belonging to the Phylum Chordata. |
