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PNG. Once attached, they create a calcium carbonate tube that they can then retract into for protection. They aren't very big, averaging about 1.5 inches in length.
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Genetics comes to the rescue in solving a mystery surrounding psychedelically coloured marine worms! Christmas tree worm in coral reef of bonaire, dutch antilles, caribbean sea, scubadive Both its common and latin names refer to the two chromatically hued spiral structures, the most common feature seen by divers.
The christmas tree worms are sedentary, attaching themselves to coral cover that act as their home base.
Christmas tree worms on an acropora coral, left, and on a stylophora coral. Hd00:15exotic marine life near maldives island, tropical summer vacation concept. They don't burrow into it. Scientists have found that the worms benefit the coral, protecting some from bleaching, algal smothering and predation.credit.orly perry.
