Multicolored Christmas Tree Worm [Spirobranchus corniculatus]
Description
The Multicolored Christmas Tree Worm, like its relative the Christmas Tree Worm, is a tube-dwelling polychaete notable for its brightly colored, spiral-shaped radioles. It resides in the corals of the Indo-Pacific region. These sedentary organisms primarily feed on drifting plankton and particulate matter, which they catch using the feather-like structures on their crowns.
Taxonomy
| Phylum |
Segmented Worms
Annelida
|
|---|---|
| Class |
Polychaetes
Polychaeta
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| Order |
Terebellida
Terebellida
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| Family |
Feather Duster Worms
Serpulidae
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| Genus |
Spirobranchus
Spirobranchus
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