Image of Salmacina tribranchiata (Moore 1923)
Description:
Should one suddenly approach these tube worms, they will suddenly retract into their tubes. As you might guess, these tightly packed worms clone. The tiny tubes measure less than 1 mm in diameter.
Included On The Following Pages:
- Life
- Cellular
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (animals)
- Bilateria
- Protostomia (protostomes)
- Spiralia (spiralians)
- Annelida (segmented worms)
- Sedentaria
- Serpulidae (calcareous tubeworms)
- Salmacina
- Salmacina tribranchiata
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Source Information
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- cc-by-nc-sa-3.0
- copyright
- 2005 California Academy of Sciences
- photographer
- Lovell and Libby Langstroth
- original
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- CalPhotos in DwC-A
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