Lugworm  (Arenicola marina)

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Range

Common around all coasts of Britain and Ireland. Elsewhere it is known from western Europe, Norway, Iceland, Siberia, Greenland and on the coasts of the western Atlantic (3).

You can view distribution information for this species at the National Biodiversity Network Gateway.

Habitat

Found on the middle and lower shore, in sand and muddy sand (2).

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