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Greenleaf worm
Eulalia viridis
38.695, -9.45319
Field Notes
Description:
"A long, dorsally flattened worm (between 5 -15 cm in length) with up to 200 segments. The eversible proboscis is long and cylindrical and covered in small, rounded papillae. The head has two large eyes, 5 antennae and 4 pairs of tentacular cirri, the longest of which may reach back to about the 7th segment. The paddles on the parapods are flattened, elongated and narrow to a point. The worm is bright to mid-green in colour."
Habitat:
Tidal zone of moderately sheltered rocky shores in Cabo Raso, Cascais
"found widely in crevices, barnacle and mussel beds and on kelp holdfasts from the intertidal to the shallow sublittoral. It may also be found subtidally on hard rocky bottoms and in shell gravel."
Reference Links:
MarLIN - The Marine Life Information Network
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PublishedMarch 31, 2015
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