Ross worm
Sabellaria spinulosa tubes.
Image width ca XX cm.
Image: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
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Sabellaria spinulosa Ross worm |
Sabellaria spinulosa tubes. Image width ca XX cm. Image: Joint Nature Conservation Committee |
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Phylum | Annelida |
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Class | Polychaeta |
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Habitat Information |
| Found on hard substrata on exposed, open coasts where sand is available for tube building. It is mainly subtidal but may be found in the low intertidal. |
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Species description |
| An occasionally gregarious segmented worm that builds tubes from sand or shell fragments. Found subtidally in exposed areas. Does not form reefs over most of its range being found mostly individually but may form thin crusts or large reefs up to several metres across and 60 cm high. Quite similar to Sabellaria alveolata. |
| PMF archive information |
| Unavailable |
| Species name is listed in the PMF at the following locations: |
| No information available. |
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| Taxonomy & Identification |
General Biology | Habitat Preference & Distribution | Sensitivity & Recoverability | Importance | |