Lugworm Arenicola marina
One of the most familiar sights on western European beaches is the neat, coiled casts of undigested sand deposited by lugworms.
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Annelida - segmented animals, known as the segmented, or annelid, worms. Over 12,000 known species are grouped in three classes: the earthworms and freshwater worms the leeches and the marine worms (polychaet...
Description The Lugworm is in the class Polychaeta, subclass Sedentaria.
Segmented worms, or annelids, contain the most familiar types of worm: the earthworms found in garden soil and the ragworms and lugworms dug up on muddy beaches.
If you want to know what a lugworm looks like, how gumboot chitons reproduce, which clams can weigh up to ten pounds, or what predator is the Sitka periwinkle's worst nightmare, you'll find these answers and more in our invertebrate species profiles.
 See also: Burro, Earthworm, Shell, Annelida, Diver
  
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