Arenicola, also known as sandworms, is a genus of capitellid annelid worms comprising the lugworms and black lugs. [1] A.cristata is the dominant warm-water lugworm on the shores of North America and Humboldt Bay, California. A. caroledna dominates in China and Japan while Arenicola marina is mostly found in Europe, up to Norway.

Have you ever seen those worm-like mounds on beaches? Those are a sign of lugworms! The worms themselves are very rarely seen except by fishermen who dig them up for bait. Lugworms live in burrows in the sand both on the beach and in the sandy seabed.

lugworm, (genus Arenicola), any of several marine worms (class Polychaeta, phylum Annelida) that burrow deep into the sandy sea bottom or intertidal areas and are often quite large. Fishermen use them as bait.

Lugworms, Arenicola marine (Linnaeus, 1758), also known as rock worms and the blow lug, are often confused with a similar species—the black lug, A. defodiens. Lugworms are burrow-dwelling annelid worms and can reach densities as high as 100-150 per square meter in …

The sandy mounds are worm casts, effectively the poo, of a marine worm called a lugworm. Common on sandy and muddy-sandy shores around the coast of Britain, they live in burrows under the wet sand. Lugworm lifestyle. A lugworm spends most of its life in the safety of its burrow, which is U- or J-shaped.

The blow lugworm (Arenicola marina), also known as sandworm, is a large species of marine worm. 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.

The lugworm (Arenicola marina), also known as the javierdediegoworm, is a large marine worm of the phylum Annelida. Lugworms make the coiled tubes of sand that are a familiar sight on a beach at low tide.

Arenicolidae is a family of marine polychaete worms. They are commonly known as lugworms and the little coils of sand they produce are commonly seen on the beach. Arenicolids are found worldwide, mostly living in burrows in sandy substrates. Most …

2008年9月3日 · Lugworm is without doubt the king of worm baits. Here Steve Walker delves into the world of 'blows', 'blacks' and 'yellowtails'. Lugworm are extremely common around the British Isles but reference books often wrongly describe a single species: Arenicola marina, or the common lugworm.

The Lugworm, (Arenicola marina), can grow up to 25cm long. It is common in muddy estuaries and burrows around tidemarks. It feeds through a proboscis pushed out from the mouth to catch material in muddy sand. When fully grown, the lugworm of the coasts of Europe is up to 9 inches long and 3/8ths...