Christmas Tree Fan Worm

Those boulder corals called the christmas tree rock are embedded with colorful christmas tree worms or fan worms that bore into their skeletons.

Christmas tree fan worm. Giganteus on porites scientific classification kingdom. The christmas tree worm does need a lot of medium water flow in order to feed on plankton or liquid plankton based foods within the currents. The plume of fan worms can measure up to 10 in diameter on some species.

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Big lots has low prices on great christmas gifts for everyone on your list. Each rock will have a variable number of worms and a variable number of colors and the coral rock will also vary in shape and color. Email first name last name i m not a robot required field.

Find the perfect christmas tree for your space. Christmas tree worm s. Fan worms require excellent water quality.

It s our way of saying thank you for being such a big fan. They build tubes where most of the worm hides but they have long feather like tentacles or crowns that. Giganteus binomial name spirobranchus giganteus spirobranchus giganteus commonly known as the christmas tree worm is a tube building polychaete worm belonging to the family serpulidae.

The christmas tree worm is somewhat shy of movement and prefers to be under the cover of rocky overhangs out of the bright light and direct strong water flow. Dwarf feather duster green and yellow. Fan worms are marine segmented worms that are sessile attached to rocks or sand by their base.