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Lamarck's Christmas Tree Worm

Spirobranchus lamarcki

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) jannmann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

24 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 291, February 215, March 337, April 531, May 765, June 834, July 893, August 768, September 564, October 421, November 230, December 180.
United States6,028
Alaska6,028
United Kingdom36
England36
France4
Spain3
Bretagne3
Canarias1
Galicia1
Andalucía1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumSegmented Worms · Annelida
ClassPolychaete Worms · Polychaeta
OrderSabellida
FamilySerpulid Tubeworms · Serpulidae
GenusChristmas Tree Worms · Spirobranchus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Lamarck's Christmas Tree Worm with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.