Coralline-Encased Filament-Worm

Dodecaceria concharum

• Group: Other
• Typical depth: 0–10 m

This worm lives sealed in tubes of its own hardened limestone, building crusts that encase rock and old shells in the shallows down to about ten metres. Long thin filaments reach out from the tube to mop fine food particles off the surface around it.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Annelida › Polychaeta › Terebellida › Cirratulidae › Dodecaceria

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 129967.