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Among the sons of Cambrius there were two hydrostatic sons: Chordatus son of Dutrus and Annelidus son of Protos

Each supported themselves with water pressures, by hydrostasis

Together they saw problems, as they moved their blood moved with them, so they needed to move to nourish their organs

So they built hearts for themselves with veins and arteries and everything

Together each built for themselves closed circulatory systems

Our great bloodlines Annelon begat Segmentus and Ribbon

Ribbon built for himself a venomous proboscis from which he hunts/ His sons are known as the Ribbon Worms

A son of Ribbon Segmentus built for himself a body of many segments, repeating his industries and building resilience and building for himself countless legs and bristles

A segment of Segmentus The body plan of Segmentus Segmentus begat Pleistos and Amphon

Amphon bore a son and a daughter: Amphinos and Sipuncula

Amphinos became the ancestor of the fire worms, fierce beasts who we never tread on, who walk on poisoned spikes in beautiful colors

Modern flag inspired by Amphinos Sipuncula became the ancestress of the peanut worms, so different she founded her own phylum

Pleistos begat Vermo and Errantius

Errantius bore two sons: Myzo the parasite and Greatswimmer

Greatswimmer bore a son and a daughter: Phyllos the fast and Eunice the vicious

Eunice the vicious was a jealous woman, so she stole her husband’s phallus and impregnated herself without him

Her daughters are known as the Bobbit Worms

Phyllos bore a myriad sons who swim across the oceans with great diversity and artistry

Phyllos Syllides the lazy. Unwilling to put in the time and effort of dating he just buds off a new member every month to pursue women for him

Syllides Tomopteris who breaks off his fins as chaff and swims never touching ground

Tomopteris Alciops the hawkeyed, the great hunter whose eyes outstrip all others

And Aphrodite ancestress of the sea mice

A daughter of Aphrodite Vermo bore four daughters: Eartha Sapion Hestia and Orbinida

Eartha would walk great distances on the Earth

Sapion bore two daughters: Sabella the feathered and Spiona the tentacled

A daughter of Spiona Sabella bore many daughters who live as fishermen. We call them the feather duster worms. To this day we keep them in every temple to remind us worms can be beautiful too.

Hestia swam deep down to the womb of Gaia, there she came to live like her ancestors before her. She closed her gut and uses bacteria to live where she otherwise couldn’t. Her daughters continue to farm the depths below.

Among her daughters are Riftia who lives in volcanic vents, and Lamella who lives in the lands of oil, the cold seeps

Eartha bore a daughter and a son: Terraclithia and Echiuron

Echiuron like Sipuncula before her was a great woman with great creativity, so much creativity we thought her her own phylum

Terraclithia bore two daughters: Terebella and Clitella

Terebella bore three sons: Spaghettes Pompeii and Acros

Spaghettes Pompeii Acros Spaghettes used his giant tentacles to ensnare prey from miles away

Pompeii would live in volcanoes

Acros became the ancestor of Squidworm and Swima

Clitella bore many daughters too. Her head was small but her clit thought for her. What she lacked in bristles and legs she made up for with children. Her children lived in rivers and today we know them as Earthworms and Leeches