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Phascolopsis
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Phascolopsis

Phascolopsis gouldii is a species of unsegmented benthic marine worm, also known as a peanut worm or star worm. It is the only species in the genus Phascolopsis. It lives in burrows in muddy sand in shallow waters off North America.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 473967.