| Family: |
Polyorchidae () |
| Max. size: |
2 cm H (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
pelagic; marine |
| Distribution: |
Eastern Pacific: USA and Canada. |
| Diagnosis: |
Measures 20 mm in height, conical gastric peduncle protruding into the bell cavity from which long tubular gonads hang; 25 gonads on each radial canal; long stomach with 4 frilly lips; 4 radial canals either simple or branched, with rudimentary, closely-set, knob-like diverticula; ring canal with or without a knob-like diverticula; 30 tentacles, each with a deep red pigment around the ocellus at the base; tentacles and gonads yellow or grayish brown in color (Ref. 2376). |
| Biology: |
Sympatric with but usually less common than P. penicillatus; found year round but relatively rare (Ref. 2376). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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