Image of Sandcastle worm
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"Beautiful, beautiful worms. Need to look them up. Fairly sure I've seen (and possible photographed) these before. Time to learn them... Update: after consulting Light's, Kozloff, BPT, and this dead ringer of a photo at CalPhotos I think this is probably Phragmatopoma californica, the common sandcastle worm. Can anyone confirm? Each tube was no more than 1-3 cm long. Observed in a kelp holdfast at ~30 ft depth, off Pacific Grove, CA. Also of note: an NYTimes article on researchers studying this worms sand adhesive for biomedical applications (or perhaps ""biomedical inspiration"" would be more accurate). Via oceanwire."
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- Sabellariidae
- Phragmatopoma
- Phragmatopoma californica (Sandcastle worm)
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