Polychaete

Onuphis eremita

• Group: Other

It builds a tube in clean, well sorted sand and ventures out only a little to feed, picking at whatever organic matter the shallow seabed offers. A jawed pharynx lets it handle both plant and animal food.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Annelida › Polychaeta › Eunicida › Onuphidae › Onuphis

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 130470.