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Fan worm (feather duster worm)

Sabellidae

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Fan worm (feather duster worm)
Sabellidae MDC NSW Eden


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2 Comments

Rabbit26
Rabbit26 10 years ago

Thankyou :)

DespinaTsafetopoulou
DespinaTsafetopoulou 10 years ago

I found a couple of links, but it's not very helpfull for the exact ID, so I suggest only the species family name ...The first one must be wrong anyway, wiki shows the original Sabellastarte spectabilis. The official site Ausmepa suggests the species was introduced in the Australian waters...
http://coconutislandnews.blogspot.gr/201...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabellastar...
and some more pics from the net
http://www.coral.org/files/images/IMG_16...
http://www.ryanphotographic.com/images/J...

Rabbit26
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Rabbit26

New South Wales, Australia

Spotted on Aug 17, 2013
Submitted on Aug 18, 2013

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