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Spirobranchus giganteus, commonly known as the Christmas tree worm, is a tube-building polychaete worm belonging to the family Serpulidae. The S. giganteus lives in coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific region to the Caribbean .
Spirobranchus corniculatus, commonly referred to as the Indo-Pacific Christmas tree worm, is a species of tube-building annelid fanworms in the family Serpulidae. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Belonging to the class Polychaeta , it is recognized for its bristle-like tentacles and the presence of a structure called radioles.
Head of Phyllodoce lineata The plumes of the feather duster worm are used to filter water Planktonic bristleworm Tomopteris Christmas tree worms Rag worms can be dangerous to touch, giving painful burns Sandworms eat seaweed and microorganisms and can be longer than four feet Giant tube worms can tolerate extremely high hydrogen sulfide levels
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Sabellastarte magnifica, magnificent feather duster worm. Canalipalpata, also known as bristle-footed annelids or fan-head worms, is an order of polychaete worms, with 31 families in it including the suborder Sabellida (families Serpulidae (tubeworms) and Sabellidae (fanworms and feather duster worms) and the Alvinellidae, a family of deep-sea worms associated with hydrothermal vents.
Juvenile and other worms of small size have small crowns and radioles, so prefer to capture and eat very small particles, such as bacterioplankton and single-celled phytoplankton and zooplankton. As a worm matures and grows in size, so does its crown. The larger crown allows the animal to feed on larger multicellular plankton.
Most Porites that are collected have Christmas tree worms (Spirobranchus giganteus) that bore into the coral, serving as additional aesthetic livestock. These particular Porites specimens are called "christmas tree worm rocks" or "christmas tree worm coral". [citation needed]