Blue Christmas Tree Worm

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Blue Christmas Tree Worm. The common name for these worms is derived from their appearance not their habitat or diet. It has a tubular segmented body of an approximate length of 3 8 cm 1 5 in covered with chaetae small appendages that aid the worm s mobility.

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It has a tubular segmented body of an approximate length of 3 8 cm 1 5 in covered with chaetae small appendages that aid the worm s mobility. These animals can be a variety of colors including red orange yellow blue and white. They aren t very big averaging about 1 5 inches in length.

It has a tubular segmented body of an approximate length of 3 8 cm 1 5 in covered with chaetae small appendages that aid the worm s mobility.

Christmas tree worms average only about 1 5 inches in length. Because it does not move outside its tube this worm does not have any specialized appendages for movement or swimming. These animals can be a variety of colors including red orange yellow blue and white. Christmas tree worms spirobranchus giganteus are polychaete ciliary feeders that feed using their radioles the hair like appendages or feathers that circle outward from the central spine to catch phytoplankton floating by in the water.