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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
These saltwater | These saltwater annelids eat a variety of dead organic matter, including the wooden planks of ship hulls, making them a menace to marine traffic. An infestation of scuttle worms can sink a boat in a matter of days if they bloom unnoticed. For this reason seagoing vessels are routinely dry-docked and inspected before any extended sea voyage. | ||
;Common Names: | ;Common Names:Scuttle worms, Ship Grubs | ||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
;Classification:annelid | ;Classification:annelid | ||
;Size: | ;Size: up to 3 centimetres (up to 1.25 inches) | ||
;Appearance: | ;Appearance:White segmented worms with tiny black bristles at each segment. the mouth parts are a tri-part hinged beak like structure. | ||
==Ecology== | ==Ecology== | ||
;Habitat: | ;Habitat:Tropical through temperate salt water | ||
;Diet: | ;Diet:Wood and other dead plant material that is soaked in salt water. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
;Social grouping: | ;Social grouping:No structured groups exist, but they seldom travel very far from where they hatch, unless carried by a boat or ship. | ||
;Temperament: | ;Temperament:Oblivious, will react to touch by squirming away. | ||
;Intelligence: | ;Intelligence:Negligible | ||
;Reproduction: | ;Reproduction:Scuttle worms are hermaphrodites and when food is plentiful will mate and lay eggs in the tunnels they chew through waterlogged wood. The eggs hatch in a few weeks, and begin the cycle anew, becoming adult sized and mature after a month of more given sufficient food material. | ||
==Domestication== | ==Domestication== | ||
;General: | ;General:No domestic use | ||
;Resources: | ;Resources:Fish bait | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
<--links to related material--> | <!--links to related material--> | ||
[[Category:Fauna]] | [[Category:Fauna]] | ||
[[Category:Annelid]] | [[Category:Annelid]] | ||
[[Category:Dangers at Sea]] | |||
Revision as of 22:34, 15 February 2019
Overview
These saltwater annelids eat a variety of dead organic matter, including the wooden planks of ship hulls, making them a menace to marine traffic. An infestation of scuttle worms can sink a boat in a matter of days if they bloom unnoticed. For this reason seagoing vessels are routinely dry-docked and inspected before any extended sea voyage.
- Common Names
- Scuttle worms, Ship Grubs
Description
- Classification
- annelid
- Size
- up to 3 centimetres (up to 1.25 inches)
- Appearance
- White segmented worms with tiny black bristles at each segment. the mouth parts are a tri-part hinged beak like structure.
Ecology
- Habitat
- Tropical through temperate salt water
- Diet
- Wood and other dead plant material that is soaked in salt water.
Behaviour
- Social grouping
- No structured groups exist, but they seldom travel very far from where they hatch, unless carried by a boat or ship.
- Temperament
- Oblivious, will react to touch by squirming away.
- Intelligence
- Negligible
- Reproduction
- Scuttle worms are hermaphrodites and when food is plentiful will mate and lay eggs in the tunnels they chew through waterlogged wood. The eggs hatch in a few weeks, and begin the cycle anew, becoming adult sized and mature after a month of more given sufficient food material.
Domestication
- General
- No domestic use
- Resources
- Fish bait
