Talk:Pterobranchia

Latest comment: 1 month ago by Codiv in topic Worm-like

Untitled

edit

Does this clade belong to

  • Hemichordata (as this article says)
  • Chaetognatha (as the taxobox in the article Animal says)?

--Eleassar my talk 11:17, 11 September 2006 (UTC)Reply


They are most definitely hemichordates. -dwbapst (UChicago) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.135.239.152 (talk) 16:24, 3 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

Worm-like

edit

I do feel the description of Pterobranchia as "worm-like" is rather misleading. If asked to draw a worm, I think 99,99% of all persons would draw a tube-like animal. So to use the term "worm-like" is not helping in describing these sesile animals with filter-feeding arms. I'm well aware there are plenty of Polychaete filter-feeding worms, but those are certainly not the animals that will first come to mind when using the word worm (I'm willing to bet that the average person is not even aware of any filter-feeding worms). So I challenge you to find a better word. Codiv (talk) 09:54, 26 August 2024 (UTC)Reply