Parchment Tube Worms

(Chaetopterus variopedatus)

 

The white structures are the tubes of these polychaete worms
© 2001 Paul Foretic

 

© 2001 Paul Foretic

 

Close-up of a parchment tube worm
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...to show scale
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Identification by Constance Gramlich, Marine Invertebrate Collections, San Diego State University