| Serpulidae () |
| 1.5 cm DL (male/unsexed) |
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sessile; marine |
| Circumglobal in warm seas. |
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Very slender white tubes, 15 mm long and 0.5mm wide. The branchial crown is composed of 8 radioles, 4 on each side. Operculum is absent. 7 to 9 thoracic segment. |
| A suspension feeder common on hard substrates or overgrowing other fouling invertebrates in sheltered waters like harbors and embayments or also in shallow and deep reef habitats (Ref. 3248). |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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