Description:-

Body with 75-130 segments, 30-120 mm long. Prostomium a blunt cone with a row of 4-8 large, black eyes on each side, sometimes meeting in mid-line. Two to eight grooved tentacles on anterior edge of chaetiger 1 on each side, sometimes meeting in mid-line. Gills similar size to tentacles, from chaetiger 1 almost to tail end. Stout, bluntly pointed chaetae ventrally from chaetiger 10 to 12 and dorsally from 20 to 23. Orange, pinkish or brownish red; tentacles and gills red or yellow.

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Synonyms:-

Cirratulus borealis Lamarck, 1818
Lumbricus cirratus Müller, 1776
Promenia fulgida Ehlers, 1897

References:-

WoRMS (2014). Cirratulus cirratus (O. F. Müller, 1776). In: Read, G.;Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2014) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through:World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129959 on 2015­01­22


Hayward, P. J and J. S. Ryland, 1995. Annelids. In: Handbook of the marine fauna of North-West Europe. Oxford university press.