OuiSi Nature card 104: Calcareous Tubeworm Embedded among Bryozoan. Photograph by Kate Vylet The whole photograph behind card 104: Calcareous Tubeworm Embedded among Bryozoan. Photograph by Kate Vylet

OuiSi Nature · Card 104

Calcareous Tubeworm Embedded among Bryozoan

Serpula columbiana

Location
Monterey, CA, USA
Date
February 11, 2018
Photograph byKate Vylet

Description

This feathery plume structure belonging not to a bird but a calcareous tubeworm, used for respiration and filter feeding.

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Kate Vylet

Underwater photographer/videographer and scientific diver

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OuiSi Nature card 104: Calcareous Tubeworm Embedded among Bryozoan. Photograph by Kate Vylet The whole photograph behind card 104: Calcareous Tubeworm Embedded among Bryozoan. Photograph by Kate Vylet

Calcareous Tubeworm Embedded among Bryozoan

Photograph by Kate Vylet