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Red-Trumpet Calcareous Tubeworm

serpula columbiana

The Red-Trumpet Calcareous Tubeworm is a fascinating creature that builds a colorful tube in the ocean. These little worms help clean the water by filtering tiny particles to eat!

Lebensraum: Coastal waters and rocky marine environments.

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The Red-Trumpet Calcareous Tubeworm builds a hard, twisted, white tube that attaches to surfaces. Its most striking feature is a vibrant, trumpet-shaped feeding crown, often bright red or orange, which unfurls from the tube opening.

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Red-Trumpet Calcareous Tubeworm
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Red-Trumpet Calcareous Tubeworm

Kategorie

Invertebrate

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

0/5 · Keine bekannte Gefahr

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

If their colorful feeding crown gets nibbled, they can grow a brand new one!

They can quickly pull their entire body inside their tube when danger is near!

This tubeworm is actually a marine segmented worm, not a typical earthworm!

Wow, their hard, twisted tubes are made of calcium, just like your bones!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Armored Home

Red-Trumpet Calcareous Tubeworm can construct a strong, limestone tube that helps them stay safe from predators.

Fähigkeit

Feathered Filter

Red-Trumpet Calcareous Tubeworm has a delicate, feathery crown that helps them filter tiny food particles from water.

Fähigkeit

Quick Retreat

Red-Trumpet Calcareous Tubeworm can rapidly retract its soft body into its tube when sensing danger.

Maße und Details

Länge
10 cm
Tube Diameter
0.5 cm
Lebenserwartung
5 Jahre
Water Depth
30 m
Habitat Temperature
15 C

Ernährung und Fütterung

This tubeworm catches tiny floating bits of food from the water using its beautiful feathery crown!

Hauptnahrung

  • phytoplankton
  • zooplankton
  • detritus
  • small organic particles

Nahrungssuche

  • Filter Feeding

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Ochre Sea Star

Pisaster ochraceus

Sea stars are generalist predators of sessile invertebrates.

eaten by

Kelp Greenling

Hexagrammos decagrammus

Some fish may nibble on the worm's exposed feeding crown.

eaten by

Six-rayed Sea Star

Leptasterias hexactis

This small sea star preys on many invertebrates including tubeworms.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Calcareous WormMarine Worm

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

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Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Red-Trumpet Calcareous Tubeworm?

10 cm

Was ist der/die/das tube Diameter von Red-Trumpet Calcareous Tubeworm?

0.5 cm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Red-Trumpet Calcareous Tubeworm?

5 Jahre

Was frisst Red-Trumpet Calcareous Tubeworm?

This tubeworm catches tiny floating bits of food from the water using its beautiful feathery crown!

Wo findet man Red-Trumpet Calcareous Tubeworm normalerweise?

Coastal waters and rocky marine environments.

Wie jagt Red-Trumpet Calcareous Tubeworm?

Filter Feeding

Was ist der/die/das water Depth von Red-Trumpet Calcareous Tubeworm?

30 m

Was ist der/die/das habitat Temperature von Red-Trumpet Calcareous Tubeworm?

15 C

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