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Salmacina tribranchiata
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Common on west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada in shallow subtidal.
Image of Salmacina tribranchiata (Moore 1923)
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2005 California Academy of Sciences
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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.