Observations on the biology of the marine oligochaete Tubifex costatus
In: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Cambridge University Press/Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom: Cambridge. ISSN 0025-3154; e-ISSN 1469-7769, more
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Tubifex costatus is a marine euryhaline species of tubificid, commonly found in brackish water. It is common in estuaries, where it colonizes a wide variety of substrata.The species breeds sexually once a year in early summer, and it is likely that it takes 2 years to reach maturity, and after breeding it dies. There is only one likely predator, Nereis diversicolor, and the population of T. costatus seems to be kept at a very constant level. |
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