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WORM BURROW [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Behaviour
  • Paleontology
DEF

A tubular hole made in sediment by a worm.

CONT

The oolitic hematite beds show many shallow water sedimentary features such as crossbedding, ripple-marks, scour-and-fill structures, worm burrows, and abraded fossil fragments.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement animal
  • Paléontologie
CONT

Les organismes qui font des traces et des terriers appartiennent à tous les groupes [...]. [...] on apprend à distinguer un terrier construit par un Ver [...] de celui de certains Crustacés [...] grâce à des techniques permettant de couper des tranches dans un sédiment meuble et de les fixer par exemple avec de la paraffine.

CONT

[...] terriers de vers en forme de U [...]

Spanish

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