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Observations on the re-establishment and tube construction by adults of the polychaete Lanice conchilega

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 January 2004

Artemis Nicolaidou
Artemis Nicolaidou
Affiliation:
School of Ocean Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor, Menai Bridge, Gwynedd, Wales, LL59 5EY, UK Department of Zoology and Marine Biology, University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, GR-15784 Athens, Greece, E-mail: anikol@biol.uoa.gr
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The re-establishment of adult Lanice conchilega washed out from the sediment was studied in the laboratory in calm and wave conditions. Worms left in their tubes on the sand surface buried and built new tubes within 48 hours. In still water the fringe of the new tube was thinner and extended to all directions, while under a wave regime the individual branches were thicker and positioned perpendicularly to the direction of the waves.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 83 , Issue 6 , December 2003 , pp. 1223 - 1224
Copyright
2003 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom