| Aspect: | Clumps of white, irregular calcareous tubes from which protrude the tiny worms' translucent radioles. |
| Population: | Occasional. |
| Notable feature: | Can form an entangled encrusting mass or, as seen in one of the picture below, colonise encrusting sponges. |
| Environment: | Often anchor on mooring shipwreck ropes as seen here, but also colonise sponges and even scraggly black corals as exemplified by two of the pictures below. |
| Behaviour: | Wary, and abruptly retract into their tubes if approached too closely. |
Last update: 22/10/15
Sea Frost
- French designation: Serpule d'Huxley
- Latin designation: Filograna huxleyi
- Creole designation: -
- Latin family: Serpulidae
- Size (cm): 10 cm approx (tube)
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