Sipunculus vulgarisPhascolosoma vulgare Golfingia vulgaris is a marine invertebrate belonging to the phylum Sipuncula, the peanut worms.
[3] Young specimens have a crown of around 20 small, finger-like tentacles arranged in a circle around the mouth.
[4] It was first described in 1827 by the French zoologist Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville who gave it the name Sipunculus vulgaris.
It is now placed in the genus Golfingia which was created by the British zoologist E. Ray Lankester in 1885 and named to celebrate a golfing holiday in St Andrews, Scotland.
[1] It is found in mud, sand and gravel at depths of 5–2000 m, mainly occurring in waters less than 500 m deep.