Polychaete

Malmgrenia lunulata

• Group: Other

This scale worm lives on muddy seabeds, its back shielded by overlapping plates called elytra. A roving hunter, it preys on small crustaceans, brittle stars, other worms, snails, sponges and hydroids.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Annelida › Polychaeta › Phyllodocida › Polynoidae › Malmgrenia

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 155194.