Polychaete

Cirriformia semicincta

• Group: Other

A bristleworm of rocky shores, it lodges its body in sediment and crevices among algae and trails long threadlike tentacles over the surface to mop up organic particles. It belongs to a family of patient deposit feeders.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Annelida › Polychaeta › Terebellida › Cirratulidae › Cirriformia

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 129963.