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Family Eunicidae

NORTHEAST PACIFIC

Dodecaceria fewkesi

Ogden Point, Victoria, Canada, 3 feet

COLONIAL TUBE WORM

Abundant in the intertidal & shallow subtidal.  Individual worms fuse to create hard calcareous mass.  Animal attains length of 2 inches, crown diameter of 1/2 inch.  British Columbia to Southern California.