Christmas+Tree+Worm


 * CHRISTMAS TREE WORMS [:[[image:Christmas_Tree_Worm.jpg width="327" height="237" align="right"]] **

**Phylum:** Annelida

**Scientific Name:** //Spirobranchus Giganteus// **Class:** Polychaeta

**Location:** Tropical waters worldwide

**Size:** around 3 inches in width and about 1 inch tall

**Habitat:** Coral Reef

**Living Requirements:** They use their radioles to reach out and catch phytoplanton. Sand grains are used as storage sacs to be used later for tube building.

**Life Cycle:** The eggs and sperm is released in the water. The eggs are fertilized in the water and develop into larvae which falls on coral and grows into adults.

1. They come in many colors including orange, yellow, blue, and white. 2. It isn't dagerous to humans. 3. Much of the worm is anchored in its burrow, a hole bored into a live calcareous coral.
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**Resources:** [] [] [] <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Zookeeper:** Hannah Williams