Polychaete

Manayunkia aestuarina

• Group: Other

A tiny tube building bristleworm of estuarine sand and seagrass beds, it lives among the roots and grains of the bottom and feeds both by gathering deposits and by filtering particles from the water. It crowds in great numbers where conditions suit it.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Annelida › Polychaeta › Sabellida › Fabriciidae › Manayunkia

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 130926.