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Marine Ecological Survey
MarLIN - Marine Life Information Network
ALSF - The Marine Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund
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“Annelids”
Showing 68 genera which are brooded or laid eggs during larval phase.
Abietinaria
Alcyonidium
Ampelisca
Amphipholis
Anoplodactylus
Aphelochaeta
Arenicola
Bathyporeia
Buccinum
Callianassa
Calliostoma
Cancer
Caulleriella
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Euclymene
Exogone
Flustra
Galathea
Gammaropsis
Gammarus
Gastrosaccus
Gobius
Halichondria
Harmothoe
Henricia
Leptocheirus
Leptosynapta
Liocarcinus
Lumbrineris
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Mediomastus
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Musculus
Necora
Nephasoma
Nymphon
Obelia
Orbinia
Pagurus
Pandalina
Pandalus
Parablennius
Pilumnus
Pisidia
Polinices
Pomatoschistus
Protodorvillea
Pseudocuma
Sagitta
Schistomysis
Scoloplos
Sepiola
Sertularia
Sphaerosyllis
Spio
Thelepus
Thyasira
Travisia
Trisopterus
Tubificoides
Tubularia
Upogebia
Urothoe
Motility (Adult)
Adult
Short Range Mobility
Sedentary
Motility (Larval)
Long Term Planktonic
Short Term Planktonic
Brooded or Laid Eggs
Size
<1 cm
1-10 cm
11-20 cm
>20 cm
Lifespan
>10 years
3-10 years
1-2 years
<1 year
Maturity
>4 years
3-4 years
1-2 years
<1 year
Fecundity
1 - 10
10 - 100
100 - 1000
1000 - 10000
10000 - 1 million
> 1 million
