Lagoon sandworm  (Armandia cirrhosa)

Facts

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Annelida
Class Polychaeta
Order Opheliida
Family Opheliidae
Genus Armandia (1)
Size Length: 3-7 mm (1)
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Status

Classified as 'Insufficiently Known' but 'Possibly Endangered' in the British Red Data Book. Fully protected under Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (2) and a UK Biodiversity Action Plan priority species (3).