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Worm, Cockle Shell

Scientific name:

Boccardia sp

Maori name:

Other names:

Category:

Invertebrate

Phylum:

Annelida

Class:

Polychaeta

Family:

Spionidae

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Common habitat(s):

Sandy/Muddy Shore Intertidal

Other information:

Feeding:

Filter Feeder

Distribution:

World Wide

Edibility:

Inedible

Size:

Microscopic

Identification:

Small worms which grow/burrow on cockle shells, extend feeding structures out of the burrow.

Habitat:

Mud or sandflats burrowed into cockle (Austrovenus stutchburyi) shells.

Diet:

Lifestyle:

Filter feeeder.

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