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Observations on the Biology of the Marine Oligochaete Tubifex Costatus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

R. O. Brinkhurst
R. O. Brinkhurst
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, The University of Liverpool
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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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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 44 , Issue 1 , February 1964 , pp. 11 - 16
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1964

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