Siebold, 1849

Description:
Body 20-30 mm long; mouth surrounded by a ring of 5 main teeth plus some smaller ones. Introvert 1/10 to 1/12 of total body length and bears 25 longitudinal ribs; rest of body marked by about 100 rings, covered with small spines.

Habitat:
In mud between depths of 4 to 200 m.

Distribution:
Scandinavia.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Priapulida
Family Priapulidae
Genus Halicryptus
Species Halicryptus spinulosus

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Halicryptus spinulosus von Siebold, 1849

Scientific synonyms and common names

Halicryptus spinulosus Siebold, 1849

Knight-Jones, E.W. & J.S. Ryland, 1990. Priapulida, Sipuncula, Echiura, Pogonophora, and Entoprocta. In: The Marine Fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe. (ed. P.J. Hayward & J.S. Ryland). Clarendon Press, Oxford.

Shipley, A.E., 1901. Gephyrea and Phoronis. In: The Cambridge Natural History (Harmer, S.F. & A.E. Shipley, eds.). MacMillan and Co., Ltd. London.

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