Purple sausage worm - Myxicola infundibulum
Description:
The body of the worm is buried in the sand - what you can see here is the feeding filter. They normally retract in the blink of an eye but this one was a bit slow...
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- Life (creatures)
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Bilateria
- Protostomia (protostomes)
- Spiralia (spiralians)
- Annelida (segmented worms)
- Pleistoannelida
- Sedentaria
- Sabellidae (feather duster worms)
- Sabellinae
- Myxicola
- Myxicola infundibulum (Bristle Worm)
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