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A sandworm is a Polychaete in the genus Nereis.
Sandworms make up a large part of the live seabait industry. "Sandworming," or the harvesting of sandworms from mudflats, employs over 1,000 people in Maine. Currently, a company called Sea Bait is threatening to take over the industry with has state support.
Sandworms have many distinguishable traits. They often reach great lengths, sometimes exceeding four feet. They have many small legs that run along both sides of their body. They also have blue heads with two large pincer teeth.
They eat seaweed and many microorganisms found in saltwater.
In the science fiction series Dune by Frank Herbert, a sandworm is a huge creature living on the desert planet Arrakis.
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