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Sabatieria

Daniel Leduc
This worm is in the genus Sabatieria and is in the phylum Nematoda, which are the most common meiofaunal organisms. They can be found living in the sediment between sand grains and some species are parasitic living inside other organisms such as fish and amphipods. This specimen measures about 1.5 mm.