 NBN (data.nbn.org.uk)
has a distribution map for MALDANIDAE (bamboo worms)
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NBN (data.nbn.org.uk)
has a distribution map for MALDANIDAE (bamboo worms)
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| Handling & Magnification | Author | Year | Title | Source |
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Garwood, P.R. | 2007 | Family Maldanidae - a guide to the species in waters around the British Isles | 32pp |
MALDANIDAE (bamboo worms) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:
 BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk)
has 81 images of MALDANIDAE (bamboo worms)
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These worms are notorious for fragmenting themselves during collection. You see them writhing in bait-diggers’ spoil heaps with occasional segments contracting until they break.
In life, the worms construct quite sturdy tubes of sand. Relatively intact specimens can be obtained by digging a hole about 30-50cm deep, then working sideways, washing out the tubes with a wash-bottle of seawater. If the tube remains intact or only breaks in one or two places the worm usually also remains intact.
Of course, if you don’t dig deep enough, you lose the tail which has all the diagnostic information.
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