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subterranean marine worm

Photo by JoshMccart
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Field Notes

Description:

Worm egg sack

Habitat:

Estuary

Species ID Suggestions

Salp

Salpidae
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Comments (2)
Heather R
I have seen these same egg sacs. The only images I found online that resembled these were for polychaete worms. I dug one of these out of the sand, and it was attached to a very thin tube made of sand. The little tube was surprisingly strong.
JoshMccart
I don't think it's a salp. Lives in shallow water with its body inside a burrow. I've been told its a worm and the sack is its egg(s)
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PublishedApril 10, 2013

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