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Serpula vermicularis
Serpulid Worm

Photographer: Lovell and Libby Langstroth
Organization: California Academy of Sciences
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 0000 0000 0405 1939 (2005-04-27)

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date of photo Jun 1982

location Carmel Bay (Monterey County, California, US)

family Serpulidae

order Sabellida

class Polychaeta

habitat subtidal

notes 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.

camera Nikon in Oceanic housing

photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Other

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common names Serpulid Worm (photographer)

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