Taxonomy

Animalia

Annelida Polychaeta

Spionida Chaetopteridae

Phyllochaetopterus prolifica

Prolific Three Section Tube Worm

Offspring-producer Leaf-bristle-wing

Phyllochaetopterus prolifica is a species of marine polychaete worms that live in a tube that it constructs. It is native to shallow waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean and forms colonies of tubes on rocks and submerged objects.

Phyllochaetopterus prolifica. Retrieved November, 05 2021, from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllochaetopterus_prolifica.