| Siboglinidae () |
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sessile; marine; depth range 2000 - 2200 m |
| Eastern Central Atlantic: Carlos Ribeiro mud volcano. |
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More than 30 free tentacles packed in a regular arrangement at their base, with pinnules. Pale and thin bridle keels. Small cephalic lobe with an irregular tip. Two rows of plaqueless metameric papillae separated by a furrow. Two girdles lying on well-developed ridges, with the two halves of both girdles being separated dorsally by a relatively large group of papillae. The tube is soft and ringed; semi-transparent at the anterior end, brown with darker rings in the middle and white/greyish in the posterior end. |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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| harmless |
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