They are possibly the only animals growing eyes on their gills.
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PNG. Christmas tree worms (spirobranchus giganteus) from east timor. Nick hobgood cc sa 3.0/wikimedia commons).
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The rest is burrowed into the coral, and the lil' worm will retract itself into this burrow if it senses any. They are possibly the only animals growing eyes on their gills. Christmas tree worms (spirobranchus giganteus) are a type of polychaete, a group of segmented worms that contains over 13,000 species.
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They burrow into live coral and only protrude their crowns. Once stuck, christmas tree worms can't run, but they can hide. To celebrate the holidays, we're taking a look at a very festive kind of bristle. Nick hobgood cc sa 3.0/wikimedia commons).
