Apomatus geniculatus  (Pearl-topped Calcareous Tubeworm)

© Neil McDaniel (Photo ID #58548)

Photographer's Submitted Details

Photo Location	Sechelt Inlet, BC
Photographer	Neil McDaniel
Habitat	marine, subtidal
Photo Date	May 19, 2011
Upload Date	December 31, 2013
Elevation (m)
Latitude	49.6030555555556
Longitude	-123.789166666667
Photo ID #	58548
Comments	Pearl-topped calcareous tubeworm. A large serpulid tubeworm that grows with tube affixed to rocky walls, especially in BC fjords. Note the distinctive pearl-shaped operculum. Formerly it was thought there were two local species, but Apomatus timsii is now considered to be the same species and the name is a junior synonym.