Four-Eyed Dorvillea

Schistomeringos rudolphi

• Group: Other

This bristle worm of muddy bottoms moves between the lower shore and the shallow subtidal, pushing into brackish bays and sounds. Like others in its family it hunts small invertebrates, though smaller individuals may turn to green algae.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Annelida › Polychaeta › Eunicida › Dorvilleidae › Schistomeringos

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 154127.