Christmas Tree Worm Rock

They have been known to occur from the caribbean to the indo pacific.

Christmas tree worm rock. Email first name last name i m not a robot required field. Christmas tree worm rock multi color. Encrusting species of porites like the boulder coral often enter the aquarium trade on live rock or as a christmas tree worm rock. Those boulder corals called the christmas tree rock are embedded with colorful christmas tree worms or fan worms that bore into their skeletons.

Christmas tree worm rock multi color large. Its crown comes in a variety of different colors but is always paired. Giganteus is commonly found embedded entirely in heads of massive corals such as stony corals porites and brain corals. Dwarf feather duster green and yellow.

It has an operculum top trap door that covers its tube when it withdraws its crown. Subscribe to our e newsletter. It has an operculum top trap door. Their commensal relationship with these worms are one of many partnerships we see in marine life and it is truly another marvel of the ocean.

Usually just the crown which is spiraled in the shape of a christmas tree is seen. They come in many attractive colors including green blue golden yellow yellow purple and pink. Its body is hidden within the host coral. Christmas tree worms are widely distributed throughout the world s tropical oceans.