Introductions and spread of Non-Indigenous species (NIS) are one of the greatest threats to marine biodiversity around the world. One of the most investigated NIS is the fan worm Branchiomma luctuosum ...

The deep ocean off southern California has historically been a dumping ground for the pesticide DDT and other industrial wastes. Scripps Institution of Oceanography and collaborators are investigating ...

However, it is widespread in Sabellidae, Spionidae, Clitellata, Cirratulidae, Maldanidae, and Serpulidae (Bely et al., 2014). In orbiniids (Sedentaria), the regeneration abilities of their members are ...

Over-exploitation of our oceans has degraded biogenic habitats. These habitats act as important nursery and feeding areas for species of conservation and fisheries importance, and provide important ...

Serpulids (Annelida Polychaeta) from Brazil (between Fernando de Noronha island, lat. about 4ºS, and Santa Catarina, lat. about 28ºS) are studied here. The resemblance between the serpulid fauna of ...

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Abstract: We report 30-year observations on the abundance of the Mediterranean fan worm Sabella spallanzanii (Gmelin, 1791), and the influence on its density from the introduction of two other ...

THE Sabellidæ are one of the few families of Polychæte worms which have successfully penetrated into fresh water. One of us has previously observed at Loch Ine, Co. Cork, that Sabella pavonina Sav.

The Mediterranean fanworm Sabella spallanzanii is a spectacularly large worm with a characteristic circular whirl of filaments. Its tubes can be over 40 cm long and the worm looks like a graceful, ...

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