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False earthworm

Lumbrineris tetraura
They have earthworm shaped bodies but without gills.

False earthworm

Introduction: False earthworms (Lumbrineris tetraura) have earthworm shaped bodies, long and cylindrical but without gills. The leg-like appendages are short and dumpy with a few bristles on a single tuft. Burrows in sandbanks and sandy pools.

Distribution: Henties Bay south to Swakopmund and Walvis Bay, Sandwich Harbour and Luderitz.

Diet: Minute sea food

Colouration: Pale brown

Breeding:  Not known

Max size: 60mm

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