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The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: Marine Education Society of Australia - Scale Worm.	Gloria Lotha	Jan 20, 2011
	New media added.	John P. Rafferty	May 22, 2009
	Article revised and updated.	John P. Rafferty	Nov 26, 2008
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998