Christmas Tree Worms

The christmas tree worm is a colorful marine worm with beautiful spiraling plumes that resemble a fir tree.

Christmas tree worms. So i ve had my christmas tree worm porites colony for about six months now and have had great success so far. These animals can be a variety of colors including red orange yellow blue and white. The christmas tree worm or jewel stone was first described by scientists in 1766.

Giganteus on porites scientific classification kingdom. The rock is slightly larger than a golf ball with at least ten worms and porites growing over the top half. And just like their cousins the sea mice and feather.

The worms don t require the coral to survive but usually have better success with it. Christmas tree worm is the common name for a marine worm that lives on tropical coral reefs around the world. The christmas tree shape shown in the image is the animal s radioles which can be up to about 1 1 2 inches in diameter.

These little creatures are popping out from their tube decorating coral reefs like ornaments a christmas tree. Christmas tree worms spirobranchus giganteus are a type of polychaete a group of segmented worms that contains over 13 000 species. Christmas tree worms are colorful marine worms that can be found all over the world in tropical waters.

Its body is hidden within the host coral. They are favorites of underwater macro photographers because of their vibrant colors and detailed structure. The food then passes down a groove pushed by their ciliary tracts which are lines of tiny hair like extensions on the sources of cells that create water currents to direct digestion.

They aren t very big averaging about 1 5 inches in length. Christmas tree worms come in a variety of bright colors. Christmas tree worms are ciliary feeders which means they use cilia tiny hair like bristles on their appendages to catch food as it passes by.