Scutate Stermaspid Worm

Sternaspis scutata

• Group: Other
• Typical depth: 6–181 m

A stout little bristleworm with a hard shield plate at its rear, it burrows head down into well sorted sand and mud and feeds on buried organic matter. It lives from shallow water down to about 180 metres.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Annelida › Polychaeta › Terebellida › Sternaspidae › Sternaspis

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 131242.