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Tentacled lagoon worm - Alkmaria romijni - General information

Alkmaria romijni

Image - Line drawing of Alkmaria romijni. Worm length ca 4 mm.
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Distribution map

Alkmaria romijni recorded (dark blue bullet) and expected (light blue bullet) distribution in Britain and Ireland (see below)

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General information

Key Icon Researched by: Nicola White Text page icon Refereed by: Dr P. M. Gilliland

Taxonomy icon Taxonomy

Phylum Annelida Segmented worms e.g. ragworms, tubeworms & fanworms
Class Polychaeta Bristleworms, e.g. ragworms, scaleworms, paddleworms, fanworms and tubeworms
Map icon Recorded distribution in Britain and Ireland Southern shores of the North Sea as far north as the Humber, along the English Channel and round into Pembrokeshire.
Habitat information icon Habitat information Lagoons and sheltered estuarine sites, where it inhabits a mud tube in muddy sediments.
Text page icon Description A small worm, up to 5 mm long, with eight tentacles that are thread-like and slimy. It has six gills that are banded by rings of greenish-grey pigment.

This review can be cited as follows:

Nicola White 2002. Alkmaria romijni. Tentacled lagoon worm. Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme [on-line]. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. [cited 19/05/2013]. Available from: <http://www.marlin.ac.uk/speciesfullreview.php?speciesID=2453>