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title: "Sand Fan Worm"
description: "Myxicola infundibulum — Altri animali. Myxicola infundibulum is a species of polychaete worm from the family Sabellidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/sand-fan-worm
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Sand Fan Worm

> Myxicola infundibulum — Altri animali. Myxicola infundibulum is a species of polychaete worm from the family Sabellidae.

- Scientific name: *Myxicola infundibulum*
- Category: `other` (Altri animali)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 542
- Wikidata: [Q1912615](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1912615)
- iNaturalist taxon: [49533](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49533)

## Names

- en: Sand Fan Worm
- de: Schlicksabelle
- es: Gusano Tubo Embudo
- fr: Sabelle de vase

## Countries with the most observations

ES (106), FR (106), GB (45), PT (33), IE (29), AU (17), GR (14), HR (10), IT (5)

## Summary

Myxicola infundibulum is a species of polychaete worm from the family Sabellidae. The body consists of a head, a cylindrical, segmented body and a tail piece. The head consists of a Prostomium (part of the mouth) and a peristomium (area around the mouth) and carries paired appendages (palps, antennae and cirri).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myxicola_infundibulum

## Photo

![Sand Fan Worm](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/sand-fan-worm/medium.jpg)

Photo: Patrick Le Mao · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/142895873

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/sand-fan-worm?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).