Sabellid worm. Sabellid fan worm (Bispira sp.),showing its many feather-like radioles. This worm inhabits a tube which it constructs from sand grains,glueing them together with mucus. It possesses a spiral crown of long pink-red radioles which it can roll up and withdraw into the tube when threatened. The radioles are used to trap food particles and to sort through water-borne detritus. Sand grains of suitable size for tube construction are stored in two sacs below the mouth. Photographed off Sabah,Malaysia | |
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