Sabellastarte magnifica (Shaw, 1800) is a animal in the Sabellidae family, order Sabellida, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Sabellastarte magnifica (Shaw, 1800)
Sabellastarte magnifica, the magnificent feather duster worm, is a tube-dwelling marine worm with a large, distinctively colored feeding crown.
Scientific name: Sabellastarte magnifica (Shaw, 1800). The magnificent feather duster worm can grow up to 10 centimetres (3.9 in) in total length. Its radiolar crown can reach 15 centimetres (5.9 in) in diameter. This species lives inside a tough, leathery tube, and extends a crown of branched tentacles called radioles that forms a feathery plume. The radioles are typically orange-brown with white-colored tips.
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Eudistylia polymorpha (Johnson, 1901)
Bispira brunnea (Treadwell, 1917)
Notaulax occidentalis (Baird, 1865)
Bispira volutacornis (Montagu, 1804)
Schizobranchia insignis Bush, 1905
Pseudobranchiomma longa (Kinberg, 1866)
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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