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Sipunculid

Photo by scottlkms
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Field Notes

Description:

about 2 mm when extended, anterior about 700 micron
tan with many lines of black dots encircling.
Moves by contracting body (head expands), then glides forward while extending.

Habitat:

5 to 15 feet of water,
no wind, sparse coral.

Notes:

Possibly a sipunculid

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Leeward and Windward Oahu Plankton
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PublishedMay 27, 2013

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