Polychaete

Hydroides bulbosa

• Group: Other
• For divers: safe

This tube worm builds a hard calcareous tube cemented to dead coral and reef rubble, often tucked into cracks and crevices. From the tube it spreads a crown of feathery tentacles to filter plankton, pulling them in at the first sign of a shadow.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Annelida › Polychaeta › Sabellida › Serpulidae › Hydroides

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 882354.