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 | | The muscular axial proboscis is a development for predation and scavenging and characterizes the Phyllodocida of Dales, also recognized by Rouse and Fauchald (1997). |
 | | Phyllodocida is a large group containing among others, the Acoetidae, Aphroditidae, Eulepethidae, Polynoidae, Chrysopetalidae, Glyceridae, Goniadidae, Paralacyoniidae, Pisionidae, Lactdoniidae, Phyllodocidae, Nephtyidae, Nereididae, Hesionidae, Pilargidae, Sphaerodoridae, and Syllidae. |
 | | The proboscis in aphroditids, glycerids, nephthyids, phyllodocids and polynoids is similar in having a long cylindrical crushing and, in at least some cases, sucking pharynx made up of concentric lamellae of circular or radial muscle. |
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