How deep does the Polychaete live?

The Polychaete (Kuwaita heteropoda) is typically found at 36–1050 m.

Polychaete

Kuwaita heteropoda

Group: Other
Typical depth: 36–1050 m

A burrowing bristle worm of soft estuary bottoms, it hunts using a jawed pharynx that shoots out to grab prey. It ranges across a wide band of seabed, from shallow estuaries down past a thousand metres.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Annelida › Polychaeta › Eunicida › Lumbrineridae › Kuwaita

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 333724.

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How deep does the Polychaete live?: The Polychaete (Kuwaita heteropoda) is typically found at 36–1050 m.