Description

Also known as Feather Duster, Feather Tube Worm, Rock Worm, Tubeworm.

Found solitary, in cracks, or buried in sandy substrate, of reef ledges.
They feed on zooplankton.
Width - 5cm
Depth - 5-23m
Widespread Western Atlantic, Caribbean

Segmented worms are extremely mobile, have strong jaws for hunting and feeding on their prey.
Some worms are covered in hairs for protection, scavenging on the sea floor for detritus.
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. Ref: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Anamobaea_orstedii