Dear Akkur,
The specimen in the photo you provided does not belong to the Annelida, it is a Chaetognatha.
Some species are benthic but they are mostly planktonic. Plankton species can occur in benthic samples as “by-catch”.
Unfortunately from the photo is not possible, at least for me, to go further than Phylum level identification.
Kind regards,
Nic
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From: annelida-bounces from oat.bio.indiana.edu [mailto:annelida-bounces from oat.bio.indiana.edu] On Behalf Of Raman Akkur
Sent: 27 June 2018 08:28
To: Annelida from magpie.bio.indiana.edu
Subject: [Annelida] Specimen from Indian coast
Dear Colleagues:
I am posting this information with a view to seek your kind help. During our coastal monitoring studies along east peninsular Indian coast (Bay of Bengal), we came across several specimens, 50 or so (pl see the attachment) collected from soft sediments using a van Veen Grab (Hydrobios) at depths 10-30m. We tried identifying the specimen but failed. We even made an approach to BNHM and I was advised to post the image and information on the net. I would greatly appreciate if some one could kindly help with its identification. I would be glad to receive questions if any on this.
Please let me know.
Thank you and with kind regards
Akkur Raman
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