Polychaete

Leonnates decipiens

• Group: Other
• For divers: safe

A free moving ragworm of soft sediments, it slips through mud and sand hunting and scavenging like others in its family. Some relatives graze algae while others take small invertebrates and carrion, and it carries paired paddle shaped limbs along its body for crawling and swimming.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Annelida › Polychaeta › Phyllodocida › Nereididae › Leonnates

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 130376.