How big does the Northern Feather-Duster Worm get?

The Northern Feather-Duster Worm grows to about 45 cm.

Northern Feather-Duster Worm

Eudistylia vancouveri

Group: Other
Max size: 45 cm

A feather duster worm that anchors to rocks and dock pilings in shallow subtidal water, its tube reaching about forty five centimetres long. When undisturbed it fans out a crown of banded tentacles to filter plankton, snapping the whole crown back into the tube at the first shadow.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Annelida › Polychaeta › Sabellida › Sabellidae › Eudistylia

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 333271.

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How big does the Northern Feather-Duster Worm get?: The Northern Feather-Duster Worm grows to about 45 cm.