Hi Hans,
If you only have a single specimen, my guess is that the worm used the
(probably empty) tube as a place to hide (perhaps only because you or your
collecting gear disturbed it). If there are lots of tubes with worms in them,
that is something else. I don't recall seeing or hearing of any phyllodocids
that build tubes with sand grains, although some of them might make temporary
mucous tubes.
Perhaps Fredrik Pleijel can shed more light on this.
Best wishes,
Mary
Dr. Mary E. Petersen
Research Associate, Polychaeta
Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen
Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
Tel +45-35 32 10 67 - Fax +45-35 32 10 10
E-mail: mepetersen at zmuc.ku.dk
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-----Original Message-----
Hi, Does anyone know about a Phyllodoce (or maybe a Mystis) that is tube-
dwelling? It was found in a sandgrain encrusted tube in the Southern part of
the Northsea (Belgian continental shelf) thnx Hans
Hans Hillewaert
Biological Monitoring
Sea Fisheries Department
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