The so-called “sandcastle” Sabellaridae worms can form unusual reef-like aggregates on mesolittoral to upper infralittoral bottoms, where they catch suspended sandy particles to construct their agglutinate tubes. Reef formation and persistence depends upon suitable environmental conditions, namely turbulent waters with continuous supply of sand grains.
Tube structure of agglutinate-worm bioconstructions (Sabellaridae, Polychaeta): new Mediterranean records
Adriano Guido;Mastandrea Adelaide;Russo Franco;Antonietta Rosso
2019-01-01
Abstract
The so-called “sandcastle” Sabellaridae worms can form unusual reef-like aggregates on mesolittoral to upper infralittoral bottoms, where they catch suspended sandy particles to construct their agglutinate tubes. Reef formation and persistence depends upon suitable environmental conditions, namely turbulent waters with continuous supply of sand grains.File in questo prodotto:
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