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Description
Christmas tree worms (Spirobranchus giganteus) at East Flower Garden Bank.Each pair of of colorful tree-like appendages are the gills of one animal. Itsbody, up to a foot long, resides in a tube encased within the coral boulder.
Credit
NOAA/NOS/NMS/FGBNMS; National Marine Sanctuaries Media Library
Photographer
G.P. Schmahl
Location
Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
Collection
Sanctuaries
Flower Garden Banks NMS
NOAA Affiliation
Sanctuary Superintendent
Keywords
Sanctuary
Invertebrates