Terebellides stroemii (Sars, 1835)

Size Up to 75 mm for 60 segments. Color Alive: pink or orange, branchial lamellae red, tentacles brownish. In alcohol yellowish, faintly iridescent. Habitat On sediments ranging from pure mud to clay or fine sand, including all forms of mixed bottoms. Most abundant on muddy bottoms. Eulittoral to a depth of about 3000 m. Species very sensitive to organic enrichment and present under unpolluted conditions. Mobility Sedentary. Feeding Surface deposit feeder. Life cycle Encapsulation of embryos in a gelatinous mass with direct development. Distribution Arctic.