Description
These skittish little worms will instantaneously retract their gill plumes into a calcareous tube following a shadow or other disturbance. The funnel-shaped operculum then blocks the tube's entrance. Gill plumes about 10 mm. Depth 10m.
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Serpula vermicularis
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© 2005 California Academy of Sciences
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Photographer: Lovell and Libby Langstroth
Location Created: Carmel Bay (Monterey County, California, US)
Revisions
- 2011-08-04 16:57:35 UTC
