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> Segmented Worms > Spirobranchus
giganteus
Updated 5/14/2013
Family
Serpulidae
TROPICAL WESTERN ATLANTIC
Spirobranchus giganteus
CHRISTMAS-TREE WORM
Common in massive corals. The worm's
body creates a tunnel and extends a pair of colorful crowns that
function as gills and food gathering devices. The crowns are
rapidly retracted when disturbed and the hole is covered by a hard
operculum. Crown diameter attain 1.5 inch. Tropical Western
Atlantic.
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