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This peanut worm reproduces sexually, females becoming mature when about 5 mm (0.2 in) long. In the western
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Mediterranean Sea and the eastern Atlantic Ocean, its range extending from the Shetland Islands to West Africa. It is also found in scattered locations in the Indo-Pacific. Its depth range is from the lower part of the
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has a cylindrical trunk and a narrower, cylindrical introvert at the front end which can retract back into the trunk. The oral disc is at the tip of the introvert; this has a terminal mouth and a cluster of ten to twelve short
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502:. In Australia it is reported as being an obligate
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571:World Register of Marine Species
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209:Danielssen & Koren, 1880
557:Saiz-Salinas, José (2009).
509:Heterocyathus aequicostatus
246:Aspidosiphon heteropsammiae
58:Heterocyathus aequicostatus
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326:Cryptobia heteropsammiarum
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358:Phascolosoma cochlearium
350:Paraspidosiphon pygmaeus
254:Aspidosiphon hispitrofus
222:Aspidosiphon corallicola
18:Aspidosiphon corallicola
496:or the deepwater coral
414:Sipunculus heterocyathi
270:Aspidosiphon inquilinus
659:in temperate waters".
406:Sipunculus cochlearius
390:Sipunculus cochlearius
294:Aspidosiphon mirabilis
286:Aspidosiphon michelini
238:Aspidosiphon exhaustum
27:Species of marine worm
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700:Aspidosiphon muelleri
657:Aspidosiphon muelleri
628:Heteropsammia cochlea
598:Aspidosiphon muelleri
515:Heteropsammia cochlea
473:Aspidosiphon muelleri
448:Aspidosiphon muelleri
432:Aspidosiphon muelleri
374:Phascolosoma scutatum
310:Aspidosiphon scutatum
302:Aspidosiphon pygmaeus
262:Aspidosiphon imbellis
217:(de Blainville, 1827)
214:Aspidosiphon clavatus
175:Aspidosiphon muelleri
36:Aspidosiphon muelleri
366:Phascolosoma radiata
361:(Valenciennes, 1854)
278:Aspidosiphon jukesii
230:Aspidosiphon eremita
206:Aspidosiphon armatum
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401:de Blainville, 1827
398:Sipunculus clavatus
382:Sipunculus scutatus
334:Cryptobia michelini
318:Aspidosiphon tortus
534:Epilepton clarkiae
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443:Description
369:Alder, 1860
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281:Baird, 1873
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918:Categories
640:6 February
610:7 February
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462:chitinised
504:commensal
482:gastropod
458:operculum
453:tentacles
437:Sipuncula
151:Species:
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83:Eukaryota
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