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Mediterranean fanworm

Sabella spallanzanii

Description:

Grow from 10 cm to about 40 cm in length and are usually larger in deep water. Fan worm is a filter feeder and feeds on bacteria, zooplankton, phytoplankton.

Habitat:

Native to shallow waters in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.

Notes:

Out of its native range it is considered invasive specie.

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6 Comments

Marek Koszorek
Marek Koszorek 6 years ago

Thanks António :)

Congrats Marek,for another SOTD,beautiful spotting

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 6 years ago

Congratulations Marek. Nice pic.

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 6 years ago

Congratulation Marek, this fantastic fanworm is our Spotting of the Day!

"Look right into a Mediterranean fanworm (Sabella spallanzani) in our Spotting of the Day! Fanworms (family Sabellidae) have a spiral-shaped crown of feeding appendages which project from their tubes and are used for filter feeding".

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Marek Koszorek
Marek Koszorek 6 years ago

Thank you Christinne

Christine Y.
Christine Y. 6 years ago

Fantastic shots!

Marek Koszorek
Spotted by
Marek Koszorek

Μακεδονία - Θράκη, Greece

Spotted on Nov 4, 2017
Submitted on Nov 4, 2017

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