Description: English: Priapulid worm Priapulus caudatus in a Petri dish. The specimen was found in the intertidal of the Russian coast of the Barents Sea. Русский: Приапулида Priapulus caudatus в чашке Петри. Особь найдена в приливно-отливной зоне на российском побережье Баренцева моря. Date: 20 September 2004. Source: kindly granted by the author. Author: Shunkina Ksenia.
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This animal, as with the one photographed molting, was photographed alive during the course of a 3 month lab experiment. Darker covering of the tail is the old cuticle. This animal has nearly completed molting.