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Home > Invertebrates
> Segmented Worms > Pomatostegus
stellatus
Family
Serpulidae
TROPICAL WESTERN ATLANTIC
Pomatostegus stellatus
Amoray Resort, Key Largo, 2 feet |
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STAR HORSESHOE WORM
Occurs in limestone or dead coral. U-shaped crown with variable
color pattern, white calcareous tube and operculum of several
overlapping plates. Attains diameter of 1.5 inch. Florida
south to Brazil & the Gulf of Mexico. |
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