Cirratulidae () |
max. reported age: 2 years |
benthic; brackish; marine; depth range 2 - 2200 m |
Indo-Pacific, Northern Atlantic, Arctic and the Mediterranean. Subtropical to polar |
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Maximum depth from Ref. 119523. Found in inshore areas, estuaries, and sandbanks; in substrates of silt to medium-grained sand (Refs. 96352, 124788) and muddy bottoms (Ref. 2780). In well sorted sediments (Ref. 127093). Tentaculate semi-mobile burrowing detritivore (Ref. 95752). A selective surface deposit-feeder (Ref. 96292), using its eversible pharynx in feeding (Ref. 87179). |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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