Feather Worms [Sabellida]

Description

Sabellida include feather worms that build tube homes and extend feathery crowns into the current. Divers commonly see them anchored to rocks, pilings, or coral rubble, where the feathery “fans” sway as they filter food from the water.

Families

Calcareous Tubeworms

Serpulidae

Fanworms

Sabellidae

Taxonomy