Peanut Worm

Nephasoma diaphanes

• Group: Other
• Typical depth: 0–6710 m

A pale, almost see through peanut worm of cold water, it ranges from bathyal depths down past 6,000 metres on the deep sea floor. It tucks itself into sand, silt, empty mollusc shells, the tubes of other worms, and even the shells of single celled foraminifera.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Annelida › Sipuncula › Golfingiidae › Nephasoma

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 136056.