Tag: Christmas Tree Worm

Super-macro of a vivid yellow Christmas tree worm with its finely feathered filter fans on a stony coral.
A tiny coral goby sits on a stony coral in front of a vivid yellow Christmas tree worm.
The image shows a magnificent blue Christmas tree worm with its fan-shaped tentacle crowns spread open for feeding. In the centre the characteristic trap door is visible, with which the worm can withdraw lightning-fast into its calcareous tube when threatened.
A colourful Christmas tree worm with its characteristic feathery gill crowns in vivid pink and orange tones protrudes from its calcareous tube. The fine, feather-like gill structures are clearly visible and show the typical spiral arrangement of these filter-feeding tube worms.
A colony of Christmas tree worms displays its characteristic spiral filter crowns in vivid blue tones. The fine, feathery tentacles are spread fan-like and serve for feeding by filtering plankton from the water.
A magnificent colony of orange tube worms with their fully extended, feathered tentacle crowns rising like small Christmas trees from their tubes. The fine, feathery structures serve to filter plankton from the water.
A polychaete worm displays its magnificent, feathery gills in full extension. The fan-shaped tentacles shimmer in pink, white and brownish tones and serve both for respiration and food capture.