Gunner's Amphatretid Worm

Amphicteis gunneri

• Group: Other
• Typical depth: 1–5032 m

A burrowing bristleworm that builds a membranous tube in soft seabed, it sweeps the surface sediment with feeding tentacles to gather organic particles. It turns up from shallow water all the way into the deep, with records past 5,000 metres in red clay.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Annelida › Polychaeta › Terebellida › Ampharetidae › Amphicteis

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 129784.