Haplosyllis spongicola is a small white segmented worm which lives parasitically on about forty known species of sponge around the world. It … See more

Haplosyllis spongicola lives on the inside walls of a number of species of sponges. It inserts its proboscis into the individual cells and sucks out … See more

Haplosyllis spongicola has a cosmopolitan distribution and is found in shallow coastal habitats in both temperate and tropical locations throughout the world. The holotype came … See more

Haplosyllis spongicola reproduces by means of headless stolons that grow out of the parapodia, each having a pair of black ocular spots and up to thirty segments. They … See more