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Pacific palolo worm

Palola viridis

Classification

Family
Eunicidae

Palola viridis (or Eunice viridis), commonly known as the palolo worm, Samoan palolo worm, balolo, wawo, or nyale, is a Polychaeta species from the waters of some of the Pacific islands, including Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, and the islands of the maritime Southeast Asia (which are part of Indonesia, Timor-Leste and the Philippines). Life cycle Reproduction involves mass spawning at night in spring or early summer (October – November in the Southern Hemisphere). The terminal parts of their bodies drop off in a process known as schizogamy and float…

Distribution

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