Salmacina dysteri (Huxley, 1855)
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Family:  Serpulidae ()
Max. size:  1.5 cm DL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  sessile; marine
Distribution:  Circumglobal in warm seas.
Diagnosis:  Very slender white tubes, 15 mm long and 0.5mm wide. The branchial crown is composed of 8 radioles, 4 on each side. Operculum is absent. 7 to 9 thoracic segment.
Biology:  A suspension feeder common on hard substrates or overgrowing other fouling invertebrates in sheltered waters like harbors and embayments or also in shallow and deep reef habitats (Ref. 3248).
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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