12 photos - 5 species
Introduction
In biology, tubeworms are various groups of worms,
that live sessile in self-constructed tubes in the sea.
Anamobaea orstedii
Split crown feather duster worm
Crown 1 - 2.5 cm
Depth 2 - 23 m
Oval crown with longitudinal division and variable colouring, which can be brown, orange and purple with white bands and spots.
Shy, immediately withdraws into the tube when approached.
Bonaire Caribbean
Branchiomma nigromaculatum
Black spotted feather duster worm
Maximum size: 9.5 cm
As it requires high water temperatures
it is found at depths of between 2 and 5 metres.
Moalboal Philippines
Notaulax nudicollis
Brown fanworm
Crown 2 - 3 cm
Depth 3 - 21 m
White, brown, purple-spotted and banded crown, tube mostly concealed.
Shy, immediately withdraws into the tube when approached.
Bonaire Caribbean
Sabellastarte sanctijosephi
Feather duster worm
Maximum size: 12 cm
Photo 1: Moalboal Philippines
Photo 2: Embudu Maldives
Sabellastarte spectabilis
Tubeworm or Southern fanworm
Up to 10 cm at the surface.
The tube towers above the sand, has feather-like tentacles,
the colour is variable but often ringed, very shy and filters plankton.
Hurghada Egypt