Arenicola marina Lugworm, Sandworm

Arenicola marina is commonly referred to as Lugworm, Sandworm. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

7198 

AphiaID:

129868 

Scientific:

Arenicola marina 

German:

Wattwurm 

English:

Lugworm, Sandworm 

Category:

Sea Worms 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Not assigned (Order) > Arenicolidae (Family) > Arenicola (Genus) > marina (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, Arctic (North Polar Sea), European Coasts, Hudson Bay , North Atlantic Ocean, Scandinavia, Skagerrak (North Sea), the British Isles, the Mediterranean Sea 

Sea depth:

2 - 70 Meter 

Size:

1.97" - 15.75" (5cm - 40cm) 

Temperature:

-0,3 °F - 12,4 °F (-0,3°C - 12,4°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Bacteria (Bacterioplankton), Plankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Arenicola bombayensis
• Arenicola brasiliensis
• Arenicola cristata
• Arenicola defodiens
• Arenicola glasselli
• Arenicola loveni
• 
  Arenicola marina
  Wattwurm

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-06-04 20:04:08 

Last edit:

2020-04-03 21:40:01 

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