Abstract:Maldanidae includes sedentary polychaetes known as bamboo worms. They occur from the intertidal region to the deep sea (ARWIDSSON 1906, CHAMBERLIN 1919). They construct their tubes either horizontally, with sand and mucous under rocks, or vertically, on sand or mud bottoms (JIMÉNEZ-CUETO & SALAZAR
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