Here are some of the shapes of various families of polychaetes:
dorsal-ventrally flat
flattened from top and bottom
Syllidae
Palmyridae
Aphroditidae
Spionidae
Pilargiidae
Hesionidae
Phyllodocidae
cylindrical
long with flat ends
Cirratulidae
Eunicidae
Glyceridae
Sternapsidae
fusiform
rounded and tapering from middle towards end
Opheliidae
Opheliidae
tapered
narrowing towards the end
Terebellidae
trumpetshaped
broad and narrow at opposite ends
Pectinariidae
elongated
long and thin
Trichobranchidae
vermiform
wavy
Lacydoniidae
oval
egg or ecllipse shaped
Sigalionidae
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