Sipunculids, or peanut worms, may be epi- or infaunal. Above the sediment they may bore into rock, or be found in mollusc shells, foraminiferan tests, crevices, or in polychaete tubes. Below the sediment, they occupy soft mucus burrows that may extend 50 cm into the sediment.
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