Indian Feather Duster Worm

Sabellastarte spectabilis

• Group: Other

A feather duster worm that anchors in a leathery tube on intertidal and subtidal reefs, fanning out a crown of feathery tentacles to strain plankton from the water. At the first shadow or touch it snaps the whole crown back into its tube in an instant.

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

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 429077.