Table 1.
Export location of ornamental polychaetes.
Figure 1.
“Types” of tropical polychaetes imported by TMC.
“Types” of tropical polychaetes imported into the UK by TMC. a) “Midnight”, b) “Pink and white”, c) “Spiral”, d) “Yellow”, e) “Hard tube” from Bali; f) “Orange and white” from the Indian Ocean, g) “common” from Singapore, h) “cluster duster” from Dominican Republic, and i) “Caribbean” from the Philippines (photographs by J. Murray).
Table 2.
The collection location and morphological features of Sabellastarte species traded in the UK.
Figure 2.
The source of marine ornamental stock in UK retail stores.
Percentage of retailers across the UK; Scotland, Wales, the north, midlands and south of England and the UK mean, purchasing marine fan worms from TMC, KCC (a wholesaler based in Hull), importing directly themselves or a mixture of any of these (corresponding shading shown in legend). The number of retail stores that stock fan worms and answered this question is shown above the corresponding data bar.
Table 3.
The number of ornamental polychaetes sold in the UK and Germany each month.