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Golfingia (Golfingia) elongata (Keferstein 1862)

Biology

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A tropical and boreal species rare in the Arctic, dwelling hard ground gravel, sand, shelf rock, less often silt and clay and mud
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Comprehensive Description

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Whitish, often with tints of pink or gray; Four retractors; Smooth, slender, lustrous worm; 8-20 rings of slender hooks; Short introvert that carries 20-36 tentacles in a single disk.
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Habitat

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It prefers the upper sublittoral.; It often inhabits hard ground gravel, sand, shelf rock, less often silt and clay and mud; It is rare in the Arctic zone but found in Greenland, Spitsbergen, Iceland; In Svalbard found at depths from 79-162m
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Life Cycle

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Trochophore larva.
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Trophic Strategy

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Deposit feeder.
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