Tag: Tube Worm

A detailed macro shot of a feather worm shows the delicate, feathered tentacles in brownish-orange colouration. The fine, hair-like structures of the filter filaments are perfectly visible, forming an elegant, symmetrical pattern.
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 collection of various marine bristle worms (polychaetes) on a sandy substrate, displaying their characteristic feathery gill crowns in different colours and forms. The worms are seen in various sizes and colour variations — from vivid orange and red to blue, brown and yellow.
A detailed macro shot of the delicate gills of a tube worm or sabellid fanned out in an arc. The fine, feathery structures display an impressive geometric arrangement in warm brown and beige tones.
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 tube worm species displays its fan-shaped spread tentacles in vivid pink and violet tones. The fine, feathery structures of the filter tentacles are visible in great detail and radiate from the central body.
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.
An impressive macro shot shows the tentacles of a calcareous tube worm (Serpulidae). The fine, feathery structures serve to filter food particles from the water. The worms live permanently fixed in calcareous tubes that they produce themselves.
A macro shot shows the delicate, feathery gills of a tube worm species in vivid pink and violet tones. The fine, feathered structures are perfectly unfurled and reveal the complex anatomy of these filter feeders in impressive detail.