Ampharete acutifrons (Grube, 1860)

Size Up to 45 mm long and bigger in Arctic waters. Tube Thick and loose, straight cylindrical tube of mud and sand lined with a thin secretion. Color Living male greenish white, female yellowish pink, gills green, intestine brick red and visible through the transparent body wall. In alcohol pale yellow. Habitat On all types of level bottoms, ranging from silt to coarse sand. Mobility Sedentary. Feeding Suburface deposit feeder. Detritus feeder. Life cycle Larvae – not pelagic. Distribution Widely distributed Arctic-boreal species.