The somites are first formed in the neck, and are added successively behind in the unsegmented posterior region of the embryo. |
Sipunculans, or peanut worms, have an unsegmented body with a retractable introvert. |
Moreover, this rod was unsegmented, for the notochord is devoid of segmentation. |
The fin rays sprouting from the ends are also unique in having a long, stiff unsegmented basal area. |
These unsegmented worms have been found in Cambrian rocks, such as the legendary Burgess Shale. |
Phylum Nemertea contains about 1,150 species of unsegmented worms that possess an eversible proboscis contained in a fluid-filled cavity or rhynchocoel. |