New Zealand Seashore

DSC_1096 Lugworm (Abarenicola affinis) two colour forms. A large burrowing worm found in muddy sand in the upper intertidal zone from the Wellington coast southwards. Their characteristic sign is coils of 'spaghetti-like' ingested sediment expelled around the entrance to their burrows. Waipuna Bay, Otago Harbour *

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DSC_1096 Lugworm (Abarenicola affinis) two colour forms. A large burrowing worm found in muddy sand in the upper intertidal zone from the Wellington coast southwards. Their characteristic sign is coils of 'spaghetti-like' ingested sediment expelled around the entrance to their burrows. Waipuna Bay, Otago Harbour *

DSC 1096 Lugworm Abarenicola affinis two colour forms burrowing worm Otakau Otago Harbour