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Alitta succinea (ambergele zeeduizendpoot)

Synonyms: Neanthes oxypoda; Neanthes perrieri; Neanthes succinea; Nereis acutifolia; Nereis alatopalpis; Nereis australis; Nereis belawanensis; Nereis glandulosa; Nereis limbata; Nereis oxypoda; Nereis reibischi; Nereis saltoni; Nereis succinea

Wikipedia Abstract

Alitta succinea (also known as the common clam worm) is a species of marine annelid in the family Nereididae (commonly known as ragworms or sandworms). It has been recorded throughout the North West Atlantic, as well as in the Gulf of Maine and South Africa.
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Invasive Species

The infaunal polychaete Allita succinea, also known as the pileworm, is native to the Atlantic coast and now occurs along the coasts off North, Central and South America, Europe, Africa and the Black Sea. A. succinea can alter nutrients available in sediments, which affect other sediment dwellers.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Alde, Ore and Butley Estuaries 3859 England, United Kingdom
The Wash and North Norfolk Coast 266284 England, United Kingdom

Predators

Fundulus heteroclitus (mummichog)[1]
Leucoraja erinacea (common skate)[2]
Pseudopleuronectes americanus (rough flounder)[3]
Sciaenops ocellatus (Spotted bass)[4]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Proctoeces maculatus[5]

Distribution

Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone; Greek Exclusive Economic Zone; New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone; Gulf of Mexico; Canada; Atlantic;

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Citations

Species recognized by Fauchald K., 2011-05-15 23:14:46, WoRMS Polychaeta: World Polychaeta database in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1VII. FOOD HABITS OF THE MUMMICHOG (Fundulus heteroclitus), Frank W. Steimle, Jr., NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NE-167, 2001 p. 101-109 ♦ 2Little Skate, Leucoraja erinacea, Life History and Habitat Characteristics, David B. Packer, Christine A. Zetlin, and Joseph J. Vitaliano, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NE-175 (2003) ♦ 3 Steimle FW, Pikanowski RA, McMillan DG, Zetlin CA, Wilk SJ. 2000. Demersal Fish and American Lobster Diets in the Lower Hudson - Raritan Estuary. US Dep Commer, NOAA Tech Memo NMFS NE 161; 106 p. ♦ 4Food of the Red Drum, Sciaenops ocellata, from Mississippi Sound, Robin M. Overstreet, Richard W. Heard, Gulf Research Reports, Vol. 6, No. 2, 131-135, 1978 ♦ 5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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