Cirratulus cirratus (O. F. Müller, 1776), (a polychaete)


28 Mar 2010 at OSGR: SY67 in Dorset, England

Record Summaryunder rock
Found asWorm
Date28 March 2010
OS grid refOSGR: SY67
Lat/Lon50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W
Vice CountyDorset, VC no: 9
CountryEngland
Voucher28 Mar 2010[J]
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Notes:

Cluster of tentacles at head end, and sparsely down the body.

Gills neither retractile nor curling up.

8 tentacles on either side of 1st segment.

Large blunt chaetae on segments behind tentacles.

But: no eyes.

The following literature was used to identify this find:

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