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medusa worm
Loimia medusa
Classification
- Class
- Polychaeta
- Order
- —
- Family
- Terebellidae
Loimia medusa, commonly known as the spaghetti worm or medusa worm, is an aquatic species of annelid belonging to the family Terebellidae. Description Loimia medusa has long bluish white feeding tentacles that give the appearance of spaghetti noodles under any kind of rubble or rocks. Under those rocks, it has a body that is surrounded by a tube consisting of bits of shell and gravel, creating a tube that has a tough membranous lining with segments.
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Distribution
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
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