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Christmas Tree Worm

Scientific Name:

Spirobranchus giganteus
Species:

Marine Worms (Serpulidae)
Other names:

Spirobranchus Giganteus Corniculatus, Segmented Sea Worms, Segmented Worms, Tubeworms, Rock Worms, Burrowing Christmas Tree Fan Worms, Burrowing Tree Fan Worms, Indian Tube Worm, Spiral Gilled-tube Worm.

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Description

Also known as Spirobranchus Giganteus Corniculatus, Segmented Sea Worms, Segmented Worms, Tubeworms, Rock Worms, Burrowing Christmas Tree Fan Worms, Burrowing Tree Fan Worms, Indian Tube Worm and Spiral Gilled-tube Worm.

Found in colonies on coral reefs and in lagoons burrowed into corals and hydro-corals.
They feed on zooplankton.
Width - 4cm
Depth - 0-30m
Widespread Circumtropical

Segmented worms are extremely mobile and possess strong jaws for hunting and feeding on their prey.
Some worms are covered in hairs for protection scavenging on the sea floor for detritus. While others are delicate fans protected by their self made tubes, which they retreat back into when threatened, these are filter feeders and feed on plankton.

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Fishy Stats

Length: 4cm
Depth: 0-30m
Found: Circumtropical
Eats: zooplankton
Family: Marine Worms
Species: Serpulidae

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