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Pacific Arctic Benthic Species
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Maldane sarsi (Malmgren, 1865)

Size
Up to 110 mm for 19 chaetigers.

Color
Anterior body with brown to black-brown irregular pigment stains. Posterior body half yellowish-grey.

Habitat
Found in the littoral and sublittoral zones; prefers mud, sand and gravel substrate. From upper sublittoral, 8 m down to 4400 m deep.

Mobility
Sedentary.

Feeding
Surface deposit feeder.
Grazer.

Distribution
Cosmopolitan.
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