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Pacific Arctic Benthic Species
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Praxillella praetermissa (Malmgren, 1865)

Size
Up to 100 mm for 19 chaetigers.

Color
Anterior 8-9 chaetigers brownish-red spotted, 4-8 chaetigers with light band in front of parapodia.

Habitat
From 10 m down to more than 4900 m deep, tubes in all types of soft bottoms, or fixed to shells. Found from the sublittoral zone to depths greater than 50 m.

Mobility
Sedentary.

Feeding
Surface deposit feeder.

Distribution
Arctic.
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