Golfingia_vulgaris (de Blainville, 1827)

Distinguishing characteristics Four retractors. Introvert is shorter than the trunk with numerous tentacles and scattered, spinelike hooks. Both ends of the trunk are heavy papillated. Size Common trunk length: 10-50 mm. Maximum trunk length: 200 mm. Color The mid-trunk is smooth and white or gray or gray-yellow. Both ends of the trunk are darker than the mid trunk and heavy papillated. Habitat Usually it inhabits silt, mud, different types of sand and clay in deep waters. Feeding Deposit feeder. Life cycle Trochophore larva. Distribution In the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean. From depths of 5 to 2000 m, but rare in the waters deeper than 500 m.