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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2001 Paul Foretic
...to show scale
© 2001 Paul Foretic
Identification by Constance Gramlich, Marine Invertebrate
Collections, San Diego State University