Serpula_columbiana

Intertidal Invertebrates of the Monterey Bay Area, California Compiled & photographed by Gary McDonald, Long Marine Laboratory, University of California, Santa Cruz
Serpula columbiana Johnson, 1901
Red-trumpet Calcareous Tubeworm
Annelida: Polychaeta: Palpata: Canalipalpata: Sabellida: Serpulidae
Geographic Range: Alaska to San Diego, CA.	Synonyms: Serpula vermicularis
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Carmel Pt. Monterey Co., CA; 7 Feb 2009.	Description: These worms live in irregularly curved, white, calcareous tubes. The branchial crown consists of about 40 plumes which may be red, pink, orange, or banded with white; one plume is modified to form an operculum. Size: Tube may be up to about 120mm in length; the branchial crown about 10mm in diameter.. Notes: Usually on the undersurface of rocks in the low intertidal, or on floating docks in bays.
Carmel Pt. Monterey Co., CA; 7 Feb 2009.	Carmel Pt. Monterey Co., CA; 7 Feb 2009.
Carmel Pt. Monterey Co., CA; 7 Feb 2009. Close-up of operculum.	Carmel Pt., Monterey Co., CA; 16 Mar 2008.
Carmel Pt., Monterey Co., CA; 16 Mar 2008.

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