| Family: |
Priapulidae (priapulids) |
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| Environment: |
benthic; marine; depth range 0 - 2670 m |
| Distribution: |
Arctic, Northern Pacific, Northern Atlantic and Antarctic Atlantic. Temperate to polar. |
| Diagnosis: |
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| Biology: |
Found in coasts (Ref. 422); in muddy sediments (Ref. 1578); and, in a crater of a marine volcano (Ref. 1589). It's a predator (Ref. 96501) and an omnivorous species and feeds on tissues of macrobenthic species (Ref. 95790). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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| Threat to humans: |
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