Galeolaria caespitosa

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intertidal tube worm
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Long Reef, Australia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Polychaeta
Order: Sabellida
Family: Serpulidae
Genus: Galeolaria
Species:
G. caespitosa
Binomial name
Galeolaria caespitosa
Lamarck 1818

Galeolaria caespitosa is a worm of the family Serpulidae, casually referred to as Sydney coral when found in dense aggregations. It is an Australian inter-tidal tube worm which lives within a hard tube like shell, which prevents desiccation at high tide. Black feathery gills emerge when it is underwater for it to filter feed on plankton. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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References

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