Sea worm, also spelt seaworm, may refer to one or several of the following taxa:

Taxonomic nameTypeDescriptionSize (length)
Annelidaphylumsegmented wormsranges from microscopic to 3 metres (9.8ft)
AplacophoraSub-phylummolluscs that look like wormsa few millimeters to several centimeters
Chaetognathaphylumarrow worms2 to 120 millimetres (0.079 to 4.724in)
Cycliophoraphylumfound living attached to the bodies of lobstersless than ½mm wide
Entoproctaphylumsessile aquatic wormsranges from 0.1 to 7 millimetres (0.0039 to 0.2756in)
Gastrotrichaphylumpseudocoelomate worms0.06 to 3 millimetres (0.0024 to 0.1181in)
Gnathostomulidaphylumjaw worms0.5 to 1 millimetre (0.020 to 0.039in)
Hemichordataphylumdeuterostome wormsa few centimeters to 2,5 meters
Kinorhynchaphylumpseudocoelomate invertebrates, widespread in mud or sand at all depths1mm or less
Loriciferaphylumsediment-dwelling worms100μm to ca.1mm
Micrognathozoasuperphylumdiscovered living in homothermic springs0.1 millimetres (0.0039in)
Nematodaphylumround wormsranges from microscopic to 5 centimetres (2.0in), and some parasitic ones reaching over 1 metre (3.3ft)
Nematomorphaphylumparasitic worms50 to 100 centimetres (20 to 39in)
Nemerteaphyluminvertebrate ribbon wormsmost are less than 20 centimetres (7.9in) long, one specimen has been estimated at 54 metres (177ft)
Phoronidaphylumhorseshoe worms2 centimetres (0.79in), the largest are 50 centimetres (20in)
Platyhelmintheaphylumflatworms
Priapulidaphylumpenis worms, general shape may recall the shape of a penis0.2 to 39 centimetres (0.079 to 15.354in)
Sipunculaclasspeanut worms, a group of unsegmented marine annelids2 to 720 millimetres (0.079 to 28.346in)
Teredinidaefamilyshipworms, which are marine bivalve molluscsseveral inches to five feet.
Xenoturbellidasubphylumbilaterian worm-like speciesup to 4 centimetres (1.6in)

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