intertidal tube worm | |
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Long Reef, Australia | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Annelida |
Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
Clade: | Sedentaria |
Order: | Sabellida |
Family: | Serpulidae |
Genus: | Galeolaria |
Species: | G. caespitosa
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Binomial name | |
Galeolaria caespitosa
Lamarck 1818
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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]
intertidal tube worm | |
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Long Reef, Australia | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Annelida |
Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
Clade: | Sedentaria |
Order: | Sabellida |
Family: | Serpulidae |
Genus: | Galeolaria |
Species: | G. caespitosa
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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]