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Pista sp.1 (Pista sp.1)
Scientific name: Pista sp.1

Taxonomy: Kingdom Animalia → Phylum Annelida → Class Polychaeta → Subclass Sedentaria → Infraclass Canalipalpata → Order Terebellida → Suborder Terebelliformia → Family Terebellidae → Subfamily Terebellinae → Tribe Lanicini → Genus Pista

Common name: Pista sp.1
Locations: Eastern Pacific
Group: Marine LifeInvertebratesTube Worms

Could be Pista elongata or Pista pacifica, both of which live in tubes w/ distinctive structures at the opening.

ID by Leslie Harris, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles.

Other images:
Pista sp.1 (Pista sp.1)
Exposed body after heavy swell
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