Litoral Station of Aguda

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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


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