A tube worm?
It simply amazes me when I “discover” a hitchhiker in one of my systems. Anyone want to take a guess as to what made this structure of wonder?
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Amblyeleotris randalli commonly, Randall's Goby.
A tube worm?
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Ha ha ha, that’s an obvious guess and a close one. Can you narrow it down?
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Eunicid maybe? Just a guess.
I don't know. The grains are so nicely aligned that it looks like a mason did it!
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Got some pics of him digging to rebury himself. Wanted you guys to discuss the structure first. That’s my way of being the teacher I always wanted to be. Here’s a couple of more pics.
He has a bulldozer like head he uses for pushing sand into piles.
Then, when he has a pile...
he twists his body to one side and pushes it away.
Slowly he...
buries himself. I haven’t seen him since these pictures were taken a few days ago. He’s one of those cool critters that stay hidden but performs his duty under the sand surface. His housing is about 2 1/2” in length.
Did a search this morning. I found it belongs to the Pectinaria family.
A neat critter for sure.
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Thanks Dick! Here is a website with more information http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.p...ails&id=129437. If you click on the species names there is a lot more information about each.
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I think it's a Pectinaria koreni, I found a lot of pics of that subspecies that matched up really well with Dick's photos. I would love to meet a human that built a structure with such precision and attention to detail!
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