Common Lobster (Homarus gammarus) Dimensions Up to 6O cm long. Habitat In holes on rocky bottoms, from the sublittoral fringe on downwards. Food Crustaceans, bivaldes and dead organisms.
European Lobster (Homarus gammarus)
Drawing by Matilde Nunes
Honeycomb Worm Sabellaria alveolata Dimensions Up to 4 cm long Habitat Inferior eulittoral and sublittoral
Food Phytopklankton and suspended organic material
Honeycomb Worm Sabellaria alveolata Drawing by Jacira Correia
Velvet Swim Crab Necora puber Dimensions Up to 8 cm long. Habitat Rocky zones of inferior eulittoral and sublittoral Food Dead organisms
Rainbow Warsse Coris julis Dimension Up to 25 cm long Habitat Sandy and rocky sublittoral bottonos with algae Food Small crustanceana and molluscos
Mediterranean Moray Muraena helena Dimensions Up to 1 30 cm long
Habitat Sublittoral, rocky bottoms with caverns Food Fish and dead organisms
ELA
Outdoor
There are 150 species in the Littoral Station of Aguda Research, preservation and educational action
Species at risk Common name ,
Honeycomb worm
0 Portuguese common name
Barroeira
Scientific name
Sabellaria alveolata
Family
Sabellariidae
Geographic distribution
Mediterranean Sea and from North Atlantic ocean to South Morocco
Habitat
Lives in the tidal zone of rocky beaches, in tubes arranged in colonies and composed of grains of sand
Body features
Shape: up to 4cm in length Cylindrical body with 32-37 segments
Preservation
Risk of being trodden or destroyed by picks in search of baits that live in the empty pipes of the barrel.
Species at risk Common name ,
European lobster
Scientific name
Homarus gammarus
Family
Crustacean decapod
Geographic distribution
European coast, from Norway to Iberian Peninsula
Habitat
High salinity waters
Body features
Segmented body
Preservation
Risk of extinction due to overfishing
Work done by: Mariana Ventura Mariana Oliveira Marta Nunes Matilde Nunes Collaboration: class 5 A students