Sea Mouse - Aphrodita aculeata
Sea Mouse Aphrodita aculeata Length to 20cm Unmistakable marine invertebrate. An atypical scaleworm, hardly recognisable as a worm at all. Lives part-buried in sand at extreme low water; sometimes stranded. Adult has oval body, scales hidden by dense coat of bristly hairs; dorsal ones are flattened, lateral ones are iridescent. Widespread, locally common offshore, very occasionally washed up after winter gales.
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Keywords: aculeata, annelid, aphrodita, background, black, coast, coastal, cut, cut-, cutout, invertebrate, marine, mouse, ocean, sand, sea, seashore, worm
