Eteone longa (Fabricius, 1780)

Size Up to 160 mm for 350 chaetigers. Color Living animals transparent yellowish white; eyes dark red. Preserved animals yellowish with three more or less distinct darker longitudinal lines dorsally, one median and two lateral. Dorsal and ventral cirri dark. Habitat Muddy sand and mud. Intertidal to at least 120 m. Mobility Mobile. Feeding Deposit feeder. Omnivore, predator, scavenger. Life cycle Breeding occurs from March to May. The eggs are deposited in a cocoon. Distribution Arctic-boreal, both from the Atlantic and the Pacific. North Sea.