Spaghetti Worm
Loimia medusa
Also known as: Medusa Spaghetti Worm, Medusa Worm, Rock Worm, Segmented Sea Worm, Segmented Worm, Tubeworm
- Medusa Spaghetti Worm
- Medusa Worm
- Rock Worm
- Segmented Sea Worm
- Segmented Worm
- Tubeworm
Overview
Found often in Halodule wrightii shoalgrass beds, or in vertical holes and reef crevices, over protected rubble bays, deep estuarine channels and tide-pools, rich in organic detritus.
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.
How to identify
Habitat & where to find it
- Range · Circumtropical
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Found often in Halodule wrightii shoalgrass beds, or in vertical holes and reef crevices, over protected rubble bays, deep estuarine channels and tide-pools, rich in organic detritus.
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Taxonomy
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumAnnelida
- classPolychaeta
- orderTerebellida
- familyTerebellidae
- genusLoimia
- speciesLoimia medusa (Savigny, 1822)
SourcesWoRMSSeaLifeBase