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Marine Species: Arenicola marina
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomy Structure
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Class: | Polychaeta |
| Order: | Capitellida |
| Family: | Arenicolidae |
| Genus: | Arenicola |
| Species: | Arenicola marina |
Species Data:
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| Common Name: | Lugworm |
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| Description: | Cylindrical body, dilatated on the anterior part. Trilobated prostomium. Nineteen setigerums: six in the anterior part and thirteen at the abdominal part. Caudal region without silks. |
| Habitat: | Mediumlittoral. It lives in tubes with a U form, digged in the sand (more or less slimy); one of the tube´s orifices is round and visible, being the other covered by dejections. |
| Color: | Variable colour; red gills. |
| Dimensions: | It reaches 20 cm in length. |
| Geographical Distribution: | Atlantic Ocean |
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