This tubeworm is seldom seen as it retracts at the smallest disturbance. Ryan took this image while diving off the north side of Great Race Rock.
Serpula columbiana by Ryan Murphy, April, 2010
See Ryan’s underwater set on Flickr with a range of invertebrates:
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- Serpula columbiana from the photo above along with at least two other species of Polychaete. Dodecaceria concharum Dodecaceria fewkesi and a lined chiton,a nudibranch and Balanophyllia elegans the orange cup coral along with an unknown species of crab.
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- An orange coloured Serpula which is not completely opened up. Note the distinguishing trumpet structure characteristic on Serpula at the top.
| Domain | Eukarya |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Annelida |
| Class | Polychaeta |
| Subclass | canalipalpata |
| Order | Sabellida |
| Family | Serpulidae |
| Genus | Serpula |
| Species | columbiana |
| Common Name: |
Red- trumpet Calcareous tubeworm |
| This file is provided as part of a collaborative effort by the students, faculty, staff and volunteers of Lester B. Pearson College |
May 2010
Garry Fletcher |