worm
Sipuncula
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Nephasoma diaphanes corrugatum N. Cutler and Cutler, 1986


Nephasoma diaphanes corrugatum

Nephasoma diaphanes corrugatum: hooks
Synonymy
Phascolosoma schuttei Augner, 1903

Distinguishing characteristics
Two retractors.
Transparent or translucent body wall.
Irregular, wavy, zigzag longitudinal epidermal ridges on the introvert base and anterior part of the trunk.
Papillae on the posterior end of the trunk darker than surrounding skin.
Small, scattered triangular hooks.
Tentacular crown consists of six to eight short lobes plus two longer dorsal tentacles.

Size
Common trunk length: 5-10 mm
Maximum trunk length: 20-30 mm

Color
Tan to grayish brown, translucent to opaque

Habitat
It inhabits sandy silt, red clay and mud

Feeding
Deposit feeder

Life cycle
Unknown

Distribution
Broad latitudinal range from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, Mediteranean, Red Sea; 80-5900 m

References

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