How deep does the Polychaete live?

The Polychaete (Pseudovermilia occidentalis) is typically found at 19–796 m.

Polychaete

Pseudovermilia occidentalis

Group: Other
Typical depth: 19–796 m

A reef worm that builds a hard limestone tube and cements it to rock or even to the tube of another worm. It ranges remarkably from shallow reefs down to nearly 800 metres on coral mud, filtering food with a crown of tentacles from inside its tube.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Annelida › Polychaeta › Sabellida › Serpulidae › Pseudovermilia

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 131036.

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How deep does the Polychaete live?: The Polychaete (Pseudovermilia occidentalis) is typically found at 19–796 m.