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Picture of Arenicola marina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Swale, Kent, UK; 6 October 2004; photographed in situ; copyright Unicomarine
Lugworm at the beach of Ostend (2014.08.05).
Distribution for Arenicola marina (Linnaeus, 1758) - European waters (ERMS scope)
Distribution for Arenicola marina (Linnaeus, 1758) - North West Atlantic
Distribution for Arenicola marina (Linnaeus, 1758) - North Sea
Distribution for Arenicola marina (Linnaeus, 1758) - Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Arenicola marina (Linnaeus, 1758) - Blankenberge
Distribution for Arenicola marina (Linnaeus, 1758) - Oostende
Distribution for Arenicola marina (Linnaeus, 1758) - Zeebrugge
Distribution for Arenicola marina (Linnaeus, 1758) - Baie de la Seine
Distribution for Arenicola marina (Linnaeus, 1758) - Golfe Normanno-Breton
Distribution for Arenicola marina (Linnaeus, 1758) - Grevelingen
Distribution for Arenicola marina (Linnaeus, 1758) - Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Arenicola marina (Linnaeus, 1758) - Plymouth
Distribution for Arenicola marina (Linnaeus, 1758) - Roscoff
Distribution for Arenicola marina (Linnaeus, 1758) - Wadden Sea
Distribution for Arenicola marina (Linnaeus, 1758) - Wimereux
Distribution for Arenicola marina (Linnaeus, 1758) - Zeeland
Distribution for Arenicola marina (Linnaeus, 1758) - Cobscook Bay
Distribution for Arenicola marina (Linnaeus, 1758) - Gulf of Maine
Distribution for Arenicola marina (Linnaeus, 1758) - Oostduinkerke
Distribution for Arenicola marina (Linnaeus, 1758) - Irish Exclusive economic Zone
Distribution for Arenicola marina (Linnaeus, 1758) - Manicouagan
Distribution for Arenicola marina (Linnaeus, 1758) - St. Lawrence Estuary
Distribution for Arenicola marina (Linnaeus, 1758) - Gulf of St. Lawrence
Distribution for Arenicola marina (Linnaeus, 1758) - Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Arctic part]
Distribution for Lumbricus marinus Linnaeus, 1758 - Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Arenicola marina schantarica Zachs, 1929 - Sea of Okhotsk
Distribution for Arenicola abildgaardti Castelnau, 1842 - Danish Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Arenicola carbonaria Leach, 1816 - United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Arenicola clavata Ranzani, 1817 - Italian Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Arenicola natalis Girard, 1856 - New England (USA)
Distribution for Arenicola piscatorum Lamarck, 1801 - European waters (ERMS scope)
Distribution for Arenicola tinctoria Leach, 1816 - United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Clymenides sulfurea Claparède, 1863 - France
Distribution for Lumbricus papillosus Müller, 1776 - Greenlandic part of the Arctic Ocean
Taxon Description Functional group for Taxon denoted by name 883
Taxon Description Body size for Taxon denoted by name 129868
Taxon Description AMBI ecological group for Taxon denoted by name 129868
Taxon Description Nomenclature code for Taxon denoted by name 2
Specification Context: Life stage adult
Specification Context: Life stage larva
Specification Context: Unit mm
Specification Context: Type minimum
Specification Context: Dimension length
Specification Context: Locality (MRGID) 1920
Specification Context: Type maximum