Roundworms - Kanchu-rui

Japanese: 環虫類 - かんちゅうるい
Roundworms - Kanchu-rui

… The annelids are divided into four classes: Polychaeta, Oligochaeta, Hirudinae, and Halocstomata, but there are relatively few similarities between these classes. It is thought that the Polychaeta are the main lineage of the annelid lineage, and that first the Echinodermata (phylum Echinomorpha) evolved in a different direction, and that some of the Polychaeta degenerated or stopped differentiating to become primitive Annelids (order Polychaeta, order Cramboda), some of which then expanded their habitat to freshwater and some to land, becoming Oligochaeta, some of which evolved into leeches. Halocstomata are thought to have evolved from polychaeta that became parasitic or symbiotic with echinoderms. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "annelids" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 環形動物は多毛綱,貧毛綱,ヒル綱,吸口虫綱の4綱に分けられるが,これらの綱の間の類似点は比較的少ない。環形動物の系統については多毛類が進化の主流であって,最初にユムシ類(ユムシ動物門)が別な方向に進化し,多毛類の一部のものが退化,または分化が止まって原始環虫類(多毛綱ムカシゴカイ目)となり,そして一部は淡水へ,さらに一部のものが陸上に生活の場を広げていって貧毛類になり,その一部がヒル類に進化したものと考えられる。吸口虫類は多毛類のあるものが棘皮(きよくひ)動物に寄生または共生して変形したものと考えられる。…

※「環虫類」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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