Brada villosa (Rathke, 1843)

Size Up to 40 mm for 35 segments. Color Alive animal greenish. In alcohol grey or brownish. Habitat Muds. Known from cold seeps, hydrothermal vents, oxygen minimum zones, whale carcasses. Sublittoral to 3400 m. Species very sensitive to organic enrichment, intolerant to pollution. Mobility Discretely motile. Feeding Surface deposit feeder. Distribution Antarctic and Subantarctic, Arctic, North Pacific, North Atlantic to Mediterranean, North Sea to Öresund.