Christmas Tree Worm
Christmas Tree Worm

Christmas Tree Worm

Spirobranchus giganteus

The two spirals are only its gills: the body lives inside a tube bored into living coral, and it snaps shut in milliseconds.

Conservation status
Not Evaluated by IUCN

Macro & Critters · Tube Worms & Fireworms

Caribbean Mediterranean & Canary Islands Red Sea Indonesia & Philippines Thailand Australia South Pacific Eastern Pacific