''Meioglossus psammophilus'' is a species of

acorn worm The acorn worms or Enteropneusta are a hemichordate class of invertebrates consisting of one order of the same name. The closest non-hemichordate relatives of the Enteropneusta are the echinoderms. There are 111 known species of acorn worm in th ...

in the family

Harrimaniidae Harrimaniidae is a basal family of acorn worms. A taxonomic revision was undertaken in 2010, and a number of new genera and species found in the Eastern Pacific were described. In this family the development is direct without tornaria larva, an ...

, the only known species of the genus ''Meigolossus''. It inhabits the Western Caribbean and

Bermuda Bermuda is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean. The closest land outside the territory is in the American state of North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. Bermuda is an ...

. The name of the species derives from two Greek words; ''psammon'' and ''philos'' which in translation means ''friend of the sands'' in reference to adult stage of species' lifestyle. The length of the species is . It is able to reproduce asexually through

paratomy Paratomy is a form of asexual reproduction in animals where the organism splits in a plane perpendicular to the antero-posterior axis and the split is preceded by the "pregeneration" of the anterior structures in the posterior portion. The develop ...

References

Taxa described in 2012 Articles containing video clips Enteropneusta {{Hemichordate-stub