eastern cape scuba diving
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| Scientific name: |
Autolytus charcoti |
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| Common name: |
Ringed sylid worm |
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| Taxonomy |
| Phyulm |
Sub Phylum |
Class |
Sub Class |
Order |
Sub Order |
Family |
Sub Family |
Genus |
Species |
| Annelida |
Not defined |
Polychaeta |
Aciculata |
Phyllodocida |
Nereidiformia |
Syllidae |
Autolytinae |
Autolytus |
Autolytus charcoti |
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Short Description:
A white thin worm with with irregular spaced black rings over the body
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Identification
features: |
Irregular spaced black ring around long thin body |
| Size: |
200mm long and 10mm thick |
| Behaviour: |
Mostly found creeping over sponges, ascidians, hydroids, bryozoa and algae or burrowing in the surface layers of silt and are common in protected sandbanks |
| Diet: |
They pierce the skin of seentary animals and pump out the juice. |
| Distribution: |
Unknown |
| Depth: |
5-20m |
| Habitat: |
They are common in shallow water and tend to be on hard substrates and soft-bottom sediments.
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eastern cape scuba diving
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