(Malmgren, 1865)

Description
Larva living in a tube from about 14-segmented stage onwards; the secretion tube is build up of longitudinal rhomboid scales, length about 1 mm. Head with three antenna and two pairs of tentaculous cirri.

Size
Length of larval tube ca. 1 mm.

Depth range
Adult found from eulittoral to about 500 m depth; larva pelagically.

Distribution in the North Sea
All North Sea, Skagerrak, Kattegat; also Waddenzee, W Baltic and other brackish waters as fjords and estuaries.

World distribution
Eastern Atlantic, from Barentsz Sea to Namibia including in the Mediterranean Basin.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Annelida
Class Polychaeta
Order Terebellida
Family Pectinariidae
Genus Pectinaria
species Pectinaria koreni

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Synonym of Pectinaria (Lagis) koreni (Malmgren, 1866)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Lagis koreni | Malmgren, 1865

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