Duckworm - Duckworm

Japanese: ウキゴカイ - うきごかい
Duckworm - Duckworm

...In addition, there are tentacles, papillae, dorsal scales, and tentacles on the warty foot, and some have ciliated bands on the body segments. Individuals of the family Polychaetidae, which live a lifelong planktonic life, have well-developed eyes, complete with lenses and retinas. However, oligochaetes do not have any of these externally differentiated sensory organs, and only sense light and dark through light-receiving cells buried in the epidermis. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "duckworm" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…また,いぼ足の上に触糸,乳頭突起,背鱗,触毛などがあって,体節上に繊毛帯をもつものもある。終生浮遊生活するウキゴカイ科の個体では眼がよく発達していて,レンズや網膜も備えている。しかし,貧毛類ではこのように外部に分化した感覚器はいっさいもっておらず,表皮中に埋没している受光細胞によって明暗を感じとっているにすぎない。…

※「ウキゴカイ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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