Georgina Jones (CC-BY-SA), Cape Town
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Myzostoma fuscomaculatum Lanterbecq, Hempson, Griffiths & Eeckhaut, 2009
Myzostomidae is a family of marine polychaete worms, which are parasitic or commensal on crinoids, primarily on feather stars and sea lilies,sometimes on sea stars and brittle stars. This worms live generally on crinoids.
There are interesting various body shapes, elongate with ridges and flattend disc shapes and colour and pattern variation.
Myzostoma fuscomaculatum description:..." Dorsal colour pattern with 4–5 pairs of lateral patches, sometimes continuous across midline.Adults simultaneous hermaphrodites. Ectocommensals, living on crinoid arm".
Myzostomidae is a family of marine polychaete worms, which are parasitic or commensal on crinoids, primarily on feather stars and sea lilies,sometimes on sea stars and brittle stars. This worms live generally on crinoids.
There are interesting various body shapes, elongate with ridges and flattend disc shapes and colour and pattern variation.
Myzostoma fuscomaculatum description:..." Dorsal colour pattern with 4–5 pairs of lateral patches, sometimes continuous across midline.Adults simultaneous hermaphrodites. Ectocommensals, living on crinoid arm".
