Phyllodoce citrina (Malmgren, 1865)
Synonyms:
Anaitides citrina (Malmgren, 1865)
Phyllodoce badia (Malmgren, 1867)
Anaitides citrina (Bergström, 1914)

Size Up to 150 mm for 250 segments. Color Living animals yellowish with dark brown pigmentation laterally on prostomium, anterior to eyes, on dorsum with darker spots medially forming a longitudinal band, and medially on dorsal cirri. Eyes dark red. Pigmentation preserves fairly well. Habitat Mainly occurring on mud bottoms, from 15 to 270 m. Mobility Mobile. Feeding Predator. Life cycle Reproduction and larval development take place in spring and early summer. The species has a long pelagic stage. Distribution Arctic and circumboreal.