Adyte
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Adyte hyalina is a species of marine annelids in the family Polynoidae (scale worms) and the only accepted species in the genus Adyte. Adyte hyalina occurs in the North-east Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea, at depths down to about 150 metres.
Adyte hyalina is a species of marine annelids in the family Polynoidae (scale worms) and the only accepted species in the genus Adyte. Adyte hyalina occurs in the North-east Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea, at depths down to about 150 metres. ==Distribution== The species is found in the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea and the Bosporus, the English Channel and the North Sea. ==Biology== The species is widely distributed round the shores of Britain where it is found on the lower shore and always in association with the sea urchin, Echinus esculentus, among whose spines it lives. It ranges from the littoral to the sublittoral zones and is often associated with starfish, brittle stars and feather stars. It is an omnivore and both a scavenger and a predator.
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