Below is a close up view of a colony of Dodecaceria concharum emerging from Lithothamnion. On the left is a cryptically coloured sculpin that takes advantage of the background for blending in. See the complete picture below.

Photo by Dr.A. Svoboda Typically, this Terebellid tube worm appears as a slight fuzz on the surface of the pink lithothamnion or on the hydrocorals.
| Domain | Eukarya |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Annelida |
| Class | Polychaeta |
| Subclass | Palpata |
| Order | Canalipalpata |
| Suborder | Terebellida |
| Family | Cirratulidae |
| Genus | Dodecaceria |
| Species | concharum (Oerstad,1851) |
| Common Name: | coralline fringed tube worm |
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