Polychaete

Malacoceros indicus

• Group: Other

A bristle worm of shallow sandy beaches, it lives head down in a mucus lined tube and sifts food from the surrounding sediment. It works the shallow subtidal just metres below the low tide line.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Annelida › Polychaeta › Spionida › Spionidae › Malacoceros

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 209864.