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		+	'''Sandworm''' may refer to:
-	'''Marco Casagrande''', (born May 7, 1971), is a [[Finnish architects|Finnish architect]], [[environmental art]]ist, [[architectural theory|architectural theorist]], [[writer]] and [[professor]] of [[architecture]]. He graduated from [[Helsinki University of Technology]] department of architecture (2001).	+	'''Living animals''' (smallish worms of sandy substrate):
		+	* ''[[Arenicola marina]]'' (Lugworm), called "sandworm" in the UK
		+	* ''[[Alitta virens]]'', formerly ''Nereis virens'' (King Ragworm), called "sandworm" in the US
		+	* Hookworm larvae which cause [[cutaneous larva migrans]], called "sandworms" in the southern US
		+	'''[[Cryptid]]s''':
		+	* The [[Mongolian death worm]] is said to inhabit the Gobi Desert.
		+	* The [[Sumer]]ian chthonic deity [[Ker]] is a great burrowing serpent or worm whose digestive track is also a doorway to [[The Underworld]].
-	* [[Sandworm]], Beaufort04 Triennial of [[Contemporary Art]], [[Wenduine]], [[Belgium]] 2012	+	'''Fictional animals''' (huge desert creatures):
		+	"Sandworms", sometimes referred to by other names specific to a given work of fiction, are a somewhat common semi-[[legendary beast]] that lurks under the desert sand not unlike a man-eating [[shark]] lurking beneath the waves of a body of water.
		+	* [[Sandworm (Dune)|Sandworm (''Dune'')]], in films and novels
		+	* Sandworms, creatures featured in the film ''[[Beetlejuice]]'' and more heavily in its spin-off [[Beetlejuice (TV series)|TV series]]
		+	* The [[Graboid]]s of the [[Tremors (film)]] franchise are classic sandworms in their first two larval stages.
		+	* Several worm-like creatures in [[Dungeons & Dragons]] grow to gargantuan size and have in their various incarnations over the many editions of and supplements to the game resembled traditional sandworms to some degree.
		+	** The [[purple worm]]
		+	* The [[Chthonians]] of [[H. P. Lovecraft]]'s [[Cthulhu Mythos]].
-	* [[Sandworm (Marco Casagrande)]], Beaufort04 Triennial of [[Contemporary Art]], [[Wenduine]], [[Belgium]] 2012
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Sandworm may refer to:

Living animals (smallish worms of sandy substrate):

• Arenicola marina (Lugworm), called "sandworm" in the UK
• Alitta virens, formerly Nereis virens (King Ragworm), called "sandworm" in the US
• Hookworm larvae which cause cutaneous larva migrans, called "sandworms" in the southern US

Cryptids:

• The Mongolian death worm is said to inhabit the Gobi Desert.
• The Sumerian chthonic deity Ker is a great burrowing serpent or worm whose digestive track is also a doorway to The Underworld.

Fictional animals (huge desert creatures): "Sandworms", sometimes referred to by other names specific to a given work of fiction, are a somewhat common semi-legendary beast that lurks under the desert sand not unlike a man-eating shark lurking beneath the waves of a body of water.

• Sandworm (Dune), in films and novels
• Sandworms, creatures featured in the film Beetlejuice and more heavily in its spin-off TV series
• The Graboids of the Tremors (film) franchise are classic sandworms in their first two larval stages.
• Several worm-like creatures in Dungeons & Dragons grow to gargantuan size and have in their various incarnations over the many editions of and supplements to the game resembled traditional sandworms to some degree.
  • The purple worm
• The Chthonians of H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos.