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Spirobranchus giganteus
Very typical in most coral reefs of the world. They are worms that live in a tube embedded in the coral and come out to feed. If they feel any water vibration nearby they quickly slip back into their tube. Exist in many colors.
Red Sea in this case.
Spotted on Nov 10, 2009
Submitted on Jun 18, 2011
3 Comments
Very wonderful. I might need to learn to scuba dive!
Thanks! I have more pics with many of them of different colors made in anotehr location. I will post them too.
Fascinating!