Unidentified echiuran 1
©Anne Hoggett: An echiuran worm as found at night during coral spawning at Lizard Island. Body length excluding proboscis is about 4 cm. Note small brown seed-shaped organisms on sand, being eaten by the worm (cladocerans?)
©Anne Hoggett: Echiuran at Lizard Island at night during coral spawning.
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Species
Unidentified echiuran 1
Colours
Distinguishing features
Spoon worms have a sausage shaped body with an extensible proboscis shaped like a gutter. They are normally buried in sand but this one was fully exposed and feeding at night during coral spawning. The tip of the proboscis is bifurcated.
Size
- Size data has not been obtained.
