Animalia > Annelida > Polychaeta > Arenicolidae > Arenicola > Arenicola marinaArenicola marina (arénicole; Köderwurm; wadpier; zeepier; fjøremakk; fjæremark; lugworm; Wattwurm)Synonyms: Arenicola abildgaardti; Arenicola carbonaria; Arenicola clavata; Arenicola natalis; Arenicola piscatorum; Arenicola tinctoria; Arenicolites carbonaria; Clymenides sulfurea; Lumbricus marinus; Lumbricus papillosus; Nereis lumbricoides The lugworm or sandworm (Arenicola marina) is a large marine worm of the phylum Annelida. Its coiled castings are a familiar sight on a beach at low tide but the animal itself is rarely seen except by those who, from curiosity or to use as fishing bait, dig the worm out of the sand. |
Name |
IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Ardmeanach |
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926 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Ardnamurchan Burns |
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62 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Ascrib, Isay and Dunvegan |
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6388 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast |
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160731 |
England/Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Cardigan Bay/ Bae Ceredigion |
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236876 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries/ Bae Caerfyrddin ac Aberoedd |
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163340 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Chesil and the Fleet |
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4032 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Culbin Bar |
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1514 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Dee Estuary/ Aber Dyfrdwy |
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39057 |
England/Wales, United Kingdom |
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Dornoch Firth and Morrich More |
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21499 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Drigg Coast |
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3453 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Essex Estuaries |
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114016 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Fal and Helford |
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15785 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Firth of Tay & Eden Estuary |
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38085 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Flamborough Head |
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15597 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Humber Estuary |
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90582 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Inverpolly |
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29349 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Isles of Scilly Complex |
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66350 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Limestone Coast of South West Wales/ Arfordir Calchfaen de Orllewin Cymru |
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3940 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Loch Laxford |
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3018 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Loch Moidart and Loch Shiel Woods |
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4341 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Loch nam Madadh |
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5734 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Lochs Duich, Long and Alsh Reefs |
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5883 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Luce Bay and Sands |
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120487 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Lundy |
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7573 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Mòine Mhór |
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2843 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Moray Firth |
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373987 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Morecambe Bay |
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151985 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Mousa |
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1311 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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North Northumberland Dunes |
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2836 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Obain Loch Euphoirt |
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861 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Pembrokeshire Marine/ Sir Benfro Forol |
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341177 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Pen Llyn a`r Sarnau/ Lleyn Peninsula and the Sarnau |
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360832 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Plymouth Sound and Estuaries |
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15820 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Sanday |
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27112 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Severn Estuary/ Môr Hafren |
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182155 |
England/Wales, United Kingdom |
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Solent and Isle of Wight Lagoons |
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90 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Solent Maritime |
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27985 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Solway Firth |
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107829 |
England/Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Sound of Arisaig (Loch Ailort to Loch Ceann Traigh) |
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11260 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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South Hams |
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320 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Start Point to Plymouth Sound & Eddystone |
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84204 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Sullom Voe |
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6668 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Sunart |
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25320 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Taynish and Knapdale Woods |
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2388 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Tayvallich Juniper and Coast |
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2999 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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The Vadills |
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154 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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The Wash and North Norfolk Coast |
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266284 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Tweed Estuary |
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385 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Y Fenai a Bae Conwy/ Menai Strait and Conwy Bay |
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65440 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Y Twyni o Abermenai i Aberffraw/ Abermenai to Aberffraw Dunes |
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4623 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Energy flow of a boreal intertidal ecosystem, the Sylt-Rømø Bight, Dan Baird, Harald Asmus, Ragnhild Asmus, Mar Ecol Prog Ser 279: 4561, 2004 ♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics. ♦ 3Ward,S.D. & Bullock,D.J. 1988. The winter feeding ecology of the Black-tailed Godwit - a preliminary study. Wader Study Group Bull. 53:11-15 ♦ 4Cirtwill, Alyssa R.; Eklöf, Anna (2018), Data from: Feeding environment and other traits shape
species' roles in marine food webs, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.1mv20r6 ♦ 5PRELIMINARY REPORT FROM A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE DIET OF FOUR GADOID FISHES IN A FJORD OF WESTERN NORWAY, A.G. Vea Salvanes, International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, C.M. 1986/G: 71, Demersal Fish Committee |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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