Tag: Spirobranchus giganteus

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.
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.