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A STRIKING feature of the rock shores of the southern coast of Northumberland is the presence of extensive silt patches which lie on top of the rock platforms in the intertidal area. These patches are occupied characteristically by dense populations of the sabellid worm, Fabricia sabella (Ehr).
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LEWIS, D. Development of the Polychaete Fabricia sabella (Ehr). Nature 192, 80–81 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/192080b0
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