Tharyx sp.

Synonyms:
No synonyms

Distinguishing characteristics

Species description
Prostomium conical, peristomium elongate, with pair of grooved palps arising anterior to chaetiger 1. First pair of branchiae frequently on peristomial segment, arising immediately posterior to palps. Abdominal segments not bedlike. Chaetae include simple capillaries and acicular spines with irregular knobbed tips. Knobs sometimes with shallow notches, but never with distinct teeth.

Size
Up to 11 mm.

Color
Transparent with the exception of a brown pigmented cross-band ventrally on last achaetous segment or also dorsally on first chaetiger.

Habitat
Found at depths between 10 and 488 m deep.

Mobility

Feeding
Deposit feeder.

Life cycle
Non-pelagic larvae.

Distribution
North-Atlantic up to Mediterranean and Adriatic Sea, North Sea, Skagerrak, Kattegat.