Returning Worms build Coast Reef

by JonBaker | March 11, 2008 at 12:44 pm
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Returning Worms build Coast Reef

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Honeycomb worms build the reef by creating tightly packed tubes from sand and shell on moderately exposed shores.

Although quite brittle, the reefs provide stability for a mix of other species including anemones, barnacles, limpets, winkles, whelks, mussels and crabs.

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