Urechis unicinctus
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 Urechis Unicinctus as served in a restaurant in Korea.
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| Urechis unicinctus von Drasche, 1881 |
Urechis unicinctus (Korean: 개불 (gae-bool)) is a species of marine spoon worm.
[edit] Habitat
U. unicinctus, like other Urechis, live in burrows in sand and mud.
[edit] Economic use
This spoon worm is commonly eaten raw in China and especially Korea.[1]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Choi, S.D. et al. (1998) "Studies on the commercial scale production of Urechis unicinctus (von Drasche) in southern Korea" Bulletin of Yosu National University 13(2): pp. 973-981. (in Korean with English abstract)
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