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Pacific Arctic Benthic Species
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Eteone flava (Fabricius, 1780)
Synonyms: Nereis flava (Fabricius, 1780), Eteone sarsi (Malmgren, 1867),
Eteone depressa (Malmgren, 1865), Eteone flava (Bergström, 1914)

Size
Up to 120 mm for 300 chaetigers.

Color
Alive animals rose-red to orange. Eyes dark red. Preserved animals varying from yellow to brownish, often with darker pigment present medially and laterally on prostomium, laterally on segment 1 and irregularly distributed on the body.

Habitat
Sediments with muddy sand and mud. Depth distribution uncertain due to possible confusion with other species.

Mobility
Mobile.

Feeding
Surface deposit feeder.
Omnivore, predator, scavenger.

Distribution
Arctic-boreal, both Atlantic and Pacific
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