| Status | | accepted |
Record
status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Rank | | Species |
| Parent | | Spiophanes Grube, 1860 |
| Sources | |
additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source: Holtmann, S.E.; Groenewold, A.; Schrader, K.H.M.; Asjes, J.; Craeymeersch, J.A.; Duineveld, G.C.A.; van Bostelen, A.J.; van der Meer, J. (1996). Atlas of the zoobenthos of the Dutch continental shelf. Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management: Rijswijk, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-369-4301-9. 243 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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| Environment | | marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial |
| Fossil range | | recent only |
| Feedingtypes | |
deposit feeder [details]
deposit feeder: surface [details]
filter feeder [details]
interface grazer [details]
suspension feeder: facultative [details]
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| Links | | BIOTIC
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Antarctic Invertebrates
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (52 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection
To ITIS
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| Notes | |
Description: Thin and fragile bristle worm up to 60 mm long. Head features two striking horns at the front and one pointed horn at the back. Its palps are substantial but relatively short. Four eyes, no gills. The species constructs solid tubes consisting of sand grains. The colour of the anterior end is bright pink and becomes dark red to greenish brown towards the posterior end. [details]
Distribution: Spiophanes bombyx is widely spread across the Belgian part of the North Sea (BPNS) and reaches a high frequency of occurrence in all areas. A low distribution frequency was only observed in the eastern coastal zone in the 1994-2001 period. In addition to its wide distribution pattern S. bombyx was mainly found in high densities (1976-1986 period: up to 1,500 ind./m2; 1994-2001 period: up to
12,000 ind./m2). In short, S. bombyx is one of the most common species on the BPNS. [details]
Habitat: Spiophanes bombyx reaches a high relative occurrence in almost all sediment types. A relative occurrence of > 40% is reached in sediments with a median grain size of 100 to 550 µm and with a mud content of 0 to 90%. [details]
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| Image | | 
Picture of Spiophanes bombyx
added on 2004-06-17 - author: Hillewaert, H.
qualitystatus: not checked |
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131187 |
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| | | Citation: Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Spiophanes bombyx (Claparède, 1870). In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: Taxa used on the Macrobel website at http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/macrobel/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131187 on 2013-05-22 |
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