Species Profile
Arenicola
Lugworm
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumAnnelida
ClassPolychaeta
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Arenicola lives in sandy beaches.
Burrowing and deposit-feeding.
Creates characteristic casts.
Size & Structure
01
Cylindrical body
02
Reduced parapodia
03
Posterior gills
04
Reddish colour
Arenicola — 3D Model
No 3D model available
General Features
- Coelom
- Coelomate
- Body plan
- Tube within a tube body plan (Protostomous)
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Present
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral
- Fertilization
- External
- Digestion type
- Complete
- Nervous system
- Ladder-like
- Excretory organ
- Nephridia
- Body temperature
- Poikilothermic, stenohaline
- Circulatory type
- Closed circulation
- Development type
- Indirect
- Respiratory type
- Through gills
- Mode of excretion
- Ammonotelism
- Circulation system
- Closed
- Skeleton structure
- Absent
- Level of Organisation
- Organ system level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoregulator
Ecology
Bioturbation
Aerates sand
Nutrient recycling
Economic Importance
Fish bait
Ecological indicator
Research use