Dear Paul,
I am quite sure that is a sipunculian. In our samples from the soft
bottom in the Northern Adriatic Sea we are often finding Sipunculus
nudus; it is much bigger than your specimen and pink colored (not
transparent as yours), but the form and the body structure is the same.
Hope this helps.
Greetings,
Barbara
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Barbara Mikac, M.Sc.
Marine Research Centre
Rudjer Boskovic Institute
G. Paliaga 5
52210 Rovinj
Croatia
www.cim.irb.hr
On Mon, 2010-04-19 at 07:56 +0000, Paul Chambers wrote:
>> Dear All,
>> The attached picture is of an invertebrate (approx 5mm length) that
> turned up in a littoral muddy sand sample take near to Zostera beds on
> the east coast of Jersey, Channel Islands (English Channel).
>> I am pretty certain that it is not an annelid but I wondered if anyone
> has encountered something similar the course of their research? It
> reminds me of a sipunculan but I can't find a match in the literature
> I have available to me. Any thoughts will be gratefully received.
>> With thanks,
>>> Paul Chambers
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