feather duster worm / Sabellastarte

Description:

Catch tentacles are delicate. Wide, wavy-lobed. Red and blue. Long Sabellidae (feather duster worms) are sedentary marine polychaete tube worms where the head is mostly concealed by feathery branchiae. They build tubes out of parchment, sand, and bits of shell. Glomerula secretes a tube of calcium carbonate. They tend to be common in the intertidal zones around the world.

Habitat:

Docks, rock over hangings.

Notes:

Located under the docks in Port Townsend, Washington.