Ryan took this underater picture in April of 2009. It captures the transparency well.
Myxicola infundibulum , a slime tube worm is one of the Polychaetes in the Phylum Annelida. It is fairly common among the vast array of other invertebrates living subtidally at Race Rocks.
Domain | Eukarya |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum | Annelida |
Class | Polychaeta |
Order | sabellida |
Family | sabellide |
Genus | Myxicola |
Species | infundibulum |
Common Name: | jelly tube worm |
Other Members of the Phylum Annelida at Race Rocks |
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The Race Rocks taxonomy is a collaborative venture originally started with the Biology and Environmental Systems students of Lester Pearson College UWC. It now also has contributions added by Faculty, Staff, Volunteers and Observers on the remote control webcams.
December, 2002- Ryan MurphyPC) |