Showing posts with label estuary ragworm. Show all posts
Showing posts with label estuary ragworm. Show all posts

Tuesday, 28 January 2014

Week 36: Ragworms (‘Nereididae’)

Ragworms were @SpeciesofUK from 23rd to 29th September, 2013.

'Ragworms' are a group of about five hundred species worldwide that make up the Nereididae family, split into forty-two genera. They are mostly found in marine environments.[1]

A King Ragworm
[Source: Flickr Creative Commons © bathyporeia]

Ragworms are found in abundance in UK estuaries and along sandy or muddy shorelines, where they live in U- or J-shaped burrows up to 20cm deep.[2]