Depth range based on 22 specimens in 11 taxa.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 9 samples.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 0 - 614
  Temperature range (°C): 4.905 - 27.278
  Nitrate (umol/L): 0.277 - 28.342
  Salinity (PPS): 33.233 - 35.806
  Oxygen (ml/l): 3.098 - 5.639
  Phosphate (umol/l): 0.089 - 1.791
  Silicate (umol/l): 1.895 - 20.862

Graphical representation

Depth range (m): 0 - 614

Temperature range (°C): 4.905 - 27.278

Nitrate (umol/L): 0.277 - 28.342

Salinity (PPS): 33.233 - 35.806

Oxygen (ml/l): 3.098 - 5.639

Phosphate (umol/l): 0.089 - 1.791

Silicate (umol/l): 1.895 - 20.862
 
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Head bores through wood: shipworm
 

The head of a shipworm bores circular burrows in wood thanks to raspy, rotating shells.

       
  Worm-like molluscs of the genus Teredo have been known to people for thousands of years because of their habit of wrecking wooden ships and piers. "There are many different types of shipworms, the largest of which is up to 2 metres long. The worm has a head with two shells (they do the damage), and a wormlike body that follows behind…They invade wood while in the tiny larval stage…The shipworm uses the shell on its head to burrow. Their ridged and rough surfaces rub the wood away as the worm first turns its head one way then the other. This cuts away a perfectly circular tube that is just a bit larger than the shell itself. The worm then eats the wood it has cut away, turning the cellulose in the wood into glucose that it uses for energy. The wormlike body follows behind the shell, producing a substance like chalk to line the burrow…The worm gets its oxygen from water. It draws the water in then passes it out again through through two tubes on its tail called siphons. These stick out from the opening of the burrow but can be pulled in and the burrow closed by special small plates called pallets. These seal the tube so tightly that shipworms can survive when the timber is temporarily out of water." (Liverpool Museum 2008)
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
                                        

Specimen Records:	44	Public Records:	0
Specimens with Sequences:	0	Public Species:	0
Specimens with Barcodes:	0	Public BINs:	0
Species:	2
Species With Barcodes:	0

Collection Sites: world map showing specimen collection locations for Teredo

Genomic DNA is available from 1 specimen with morphological vouchers housed at Ocean Genome Legacy