Christmas Tree Worm Rock

It has an operculum top trap door that covers its tube when it withdraws its crown.

Christmas tree worm rock. Giganteus is commonly found embedded entirely in heads of massive corals such as stony corals porites and brain corals. Usually just the crown which is spiraled in the shape of a christmas tree is seen. Joined nov 26 2009 messages 1 803 reaction score 932 location new orleans.

Christmas tree worms are widely distributed throughout the world s tropical oceans. Its crown comes in a variety of different colors but is always paired. Those boulder corals called the christmas tree rock are embedded with colorful christmas tree worms or fan worms that bore into their skeletons.

Dwarf feather duster green and yellow. Encrusting species of porites like the boulder coral often enter the aquarium trade on live rock or as a christmas tree worm rock. Jul 24 2018 21 dsnakes knight reefer view badges.

Tagged users none prev. Subscribe to our e newsletter. They have been known to occur from the caribbean to the indo pacific.

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Start date jul 21 2018. Christmas tree worm rock multi color large. Its body is hidden within the host coral.