• Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Annelida
  • Class: Polychaeta
  • Subclass: Errantia
  • Order: Phyllodocida
  • Family: Tomopteridae
  • Scientific name: Tomopteris helgolandica
  • Norwegian: -

Characteristics:

This worm has a short and broad, translucent body of up to 34 segments, in addition to a tail. The body length can reach 4 cm, including the tail. The tail may be missing in young specimens. It has two long, orange antennas.

Habitat:

It is pelagic and is usually found near the coast.

Distribution:

It can be found in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Mediterranean.