(McIntosh, 1869) Description: Body short, maggot-like, with triannulate segments. Epidermis reticulate. Prostomium small and bilobed; often retracted in peristomium. No eyes. Two long nuchal slits present. Mouth is ventral and surrounded by papillae. A long, broad ventral furrow present. Noto- and neuropodia simple mounds, each with a bundle of capillary and forked chaetae. Gills, cirri and spines absent. Pygidium with short papillae.
Size: Up to 26 mm for 31 segments.
Colour: Living animal flesh-pink.
Habitat: In tubes in mud, shallow sublittoral.
Distribution: Eastern North Atlantic, northern North Sea to Kattegat. |