BIOTIC Species Information for Nemertesia antennina
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| Researched by | Olwen Ager | Data supplied by | MarLIN |
| Refereed by | This information is not refereed. | ||
| Distribution and Habitat | |||
| Distribution in Britain & Ireland | Nemertesia antennina is widely distributed around the coasts of Britain and Ireland. | ||
| Global distribution | Nemertesia antennina is recorded in the northeast Atlantic, from at least the Faroes, Barents Sea and Iceland south through Mauritania to southern Africa, including the Mediterranean, Azores and Madeira. | ||
| Biogeographic range | Not researched | Depth range | 10 m to almost 10,000 m (Cornelius, 1995b). |
| Migratory | Non-migratory / Resident | ||
| Distribution Additional Information | |||
| Substratum preferences | Coarse clean sand Fine clean sand |
Physiographic preferences | |
| Biological zone | Wave exposure | ||
| Tidal stream strength/Water flow | Salinity | ||
| Habitat Preferences Additional Information | Found on hard substratum in sandy areas and preferentially settles on exiting hydrorhizal masses (Hughes, 1977). | ||
| Distribution References | Hayward & Ryland, 1995b, Hayward et al., 1996, Cornelius, 1995b, Picton & Costello, 1998, NBN, 2002, | ||
