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Spirorbis
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Spirorbis spirorbis
(a polychaete worm)

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Spirorbis spirorbis (Linnaeus) (a polychaete worm)

Date:	6 May 2008
OS grid ref:	SY67
Lat/Lon:	50° 40' N, 2° 30' W
Location:	Vice County: Dorset, VC9, England
Stage or state:	Tube (occupied)
Record Summary:	on Saw-wrack (Fucus serratus)
Associated organism:	on live frond of Fucus serratus
Identification Notes:	Smooth spiral tubes with 4 whorls. Animal with very pale green tentacles.

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