Species under Golfingia
n= 13
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Golfingia anderssoni
(Théel, 1911)
Southern Ocean and the Antarctic
Golfingia appendiculata
Cutler, E.B.
Southwest Pacific
Golfingia birsteini
Murina, 1973
Northwest Pacific
Golfingia capensis
(Teuscher, 1874)
Common peanut worm Western Indian Ocean 20
Golfingia elongata
(Keferstein, 1862)
Northwest Pacific, Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean, Antarctic and Arctic Ocean 3
Golfingia flagrifera
Cutler, E.B.
Northern Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
Golfingia iniqua
(Sluiter, 1912)
Northeast Atlantic
Golfingia margaritacea
(Sars, 1851)
Peanut worm Indo-Pacific, Mediterranean Antarctic and the Arctic
Golfingia mirabilis
Murina, 1969
Western Indian Ocean
Golfingia muricaudata
(Southern, 1913)
Antarctic Atlantic, Indo-Pacific and the Atlantic
Golfingia pectinatoides
Cutler & Cutler, 1979
Western Indian Ocean
Golfingia trichocephala
Cutler, E.B.
Western Central Pacific
Golfingia vulgaris
(de Blainville, 1827)
Brown peanut worm Arctic, Indo-Pacific, Northeast Atlantic, Mediterranean and Antarctic Atlantic 0.4
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