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lugworm
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lugworm: see Annelida Annelida [Lat., anellus=a ring], phylum of soft-bodied, bilaterally symmetrical (see symmetry, biological), segmented animals, known as the segmented, or annelid, worms.
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lugworm
any polychaete worm of the genus Arenicola, living in burrows on sandy shores and having tufted gills: much used as bait by fishermen


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In contrast, cytochrome C oxidase (COX) activity was 10-times higher during summer in cold adapted eurythermal lugworms Arenicola marina from the White Sea at 6[degrees]C than in North Sea specimens measured at 11[degrees]C (Sommer & Portner 2002).
Ageing and metabolism of Mytilus edulis: populations from various ... by Portner, H.-O. / Journal of Shellfish Research
 
 
 
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