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Phragmatopoma californica, commonly known as the sandcastle worm, the honeycomb worm [1] or the honeycomb tube worm, [2] is a reef-forming marine polychaete worm belonging to the family Sabellarididae. It is dark brown in color with a crown of lavender tentacles and has a length of up to about 7.5 centimeters (3.0 in). [3]
Gardners beware -- the invasive Amynthas agrestis, also known as the Asian jumping worm, could be wiggling around a garden near you. These worms are known for their insatiable appetite and ability ...
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Abarenicola pacifica or the Pacific lugworm is a large species of polychaete worm found on the west coast of North America and also in Japan. The worms live out of sight in burrows under the sand and produce casts which are visible on the surface. Polychaetes, or marine bristle worms, have elongated bodies divided into many segments.
Lumbriculus variegatus, also known as the blackworm or California blackworm or Australian Blackworm, is a species of worm inhabiting North America, Europe, and Australia. It lives in shallow-water marshes, ponds, and swamps, feeding on microorganisms and organic material. The maximum length of a specimen is 10 cm (3.9 in).
Urechis caupo is a plump, unsegmented, cylindrical pink worm growing to a length of up to 7 inches, with 5.5 inches being a more typical length. There are a pair of setae (bristles) on the ventral surface at the anterior end, and a distinctive ring of about ten setae around the anus at the posterior end.
The worm smells the fish and raises its head up out of the sand as much as 25 millimetres (0.98 in), allowing the angler to see the worm, catch it, and pull it out of the sand by hand or with pliers. [17] The caught worms are then used immediately as bait for fishing, or stored in a bucket of fresh sea water or a handful of damp sand for later use.
A Chula Vista, California, woman is warning others after she found three live worms inside the salmon she bought at Costco last week. The woman, identified only as Sylvia, told KGTV that she ...