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Family Serpulidae

TROPICAL WESTERN ATLANTIC

Pomatostegus stellatus

Amoray Resort, Key Largo, 2 feet

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.