Parasitic Solenogaster

Commonly found in European waters at depths of 50 to 100m. Moves around close to the ocean floor.

Predates on the cnidarian Lytcarpia myriophyllum.

Bilaterally symmetrical worm-shaped mollusc of length 1 - 3.5cm. The mantle secretes a thick cuticle covered in outward projecting calcareous spicules. The foot lies within a ventral pedal groove, which starts at a ciliated fossette behind the mouth, and ends at the cloaca. Mucus is secreted into this groove from pedal glands just behind the mouth. This species has lost its radula.

Rhopalomenia aglaopheniae is a species of solenogasters, shell-less, worm-like, marine molluscs.

50-137 m.