Serpulidae
Spirobranchus giganteus (Pallas, 1766)
Spirobranchus giganteus (Pallas, 1766)
Spirobranchus giganteus, the Christmas tree worm, is a tube-building polychaete that lives embedded in coral reef corals from the Caribbean to the Indo-Pacific.
Spirobranchus triqueter (Linnaeus, 1758)
Spirobranchus triqueter (Linnaeus, 1758)
Spirobranchus triqueter is a worm that forms a white calcareous tube, found across multiple seas and oceans from the Arctic to the Bay of Kiel.
Spirobranchus cariniferus (Gray, 1843)
Spirobranchus cariniferus (Gray, 1843)
Spirobranchus cariniferus is a tube-building worm found throughout New Zealand with distinct blue and yellow-orange body coloration.
Spirobranchus corniculatus (Grube, 1862)
Spirobranchus corniculatus (Grube, 1862)
Spirobranchus corniculatus, the Christmas tree worm, is a vibrant Indo-Pacific worm that inhabits coral reefs between 3–30 m depth.
Spirobranchus kraussii (Baird, 1864)
Spirobranchus kraussii (Baird, 1864)
Spirobranchus kraussii, the blue coral-worm, is a filter-feeding serpulid worm that forms interwoven calcareous tube colonies on rocky shores.
Spirobranchus lamarcki (Quatrefages, 1866)
Spirobranchus lamarcki (Quatrefages, 1866)
Spirobranchus lamarcki is a widespread tube-building annelid worm from northern Europe that has been studied extensively.
Ficopomatus enigmaticus (Fauvel, 1923)
Ficopomatus enigmaticus (Fauvel, 1923)
Ficopomatus enigmaticus, the Australian tubeworm, is a colonial tubeworm that forms dense reefs from self-secreted calcareous tubes.
Serpula vermicularis Linnaeus, 1767
Serpula vermicularis Linnaeus, 1767
Serpula vermicularis is a tube-building annelid worm that forms fragile cold-water reefs in shallow to moderate marine depths across much of the world.
Serpula columbiana Johnson, 1901
Serpula columbiana Johnson, 1901
Serpula columbiana is a Northern Hemisphere filter-feeding tube worm that lives attached to hard substrates.
Protula bispiralis (Savigny, 1822)
Protula bispiralis (Savigny, 1822)
Protula bispiralis, the red fanworm, is a southern African marine fanworm that feeds on microplankton.
Protula tubularia (Montagu, 1803)
Protula tubularia (Montagu, 1803)
Protula tubularia is a polychaete species in the family Serpulidae found in multiple coastal waters across the globe.
Galeolaria hystrix Mörch, 1863
Galeolaria hystrix Mörch, 1863
Galeolaria hystrix is an endemic serpulid worm from southern Australia and New Zealand that forms biodiversity-boosting aggregations.
Galeolaria caespitosa Lamarck, 1818
Galeolaria caespitosa Lamarck, 1818
Galeolaria caespitosa, casually called Sydney coral, is an Australian intertidal filter-feeding tube worm in the family Serpulidae.
Filograna implexa Berkeley, 1835
Filograna implexa Berkeley, 1835
Filograna implexa is an almost cosmopolitan polychaete species belonging to the family Serpulidae.
Spirorbis spirorbis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Spirorbis spirorbis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Spirorbis spirorbis is a small North Atlantic filter-feeding worm that lives in a coiled calcareous tube.
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