Protula pacifica  (White-Crown Calcareous Tubeworm)

© Neil McDaniel (Photo ID #58555)

Photographer's Submitted Details

Photo Location	Sechelt Inlet, BC
Photographer	Neil McDaniel
Habitat	marine, subtidal
Photo Date
Upload Date	December 31, 2013
Elevation (m)
Latitude	49.6032833333333
Longitude	-123.791066666667
Photo ID #	58555
Comments	White-crowned calcareous tubeworm. This large serpulid polychaete attaches its tube to rock walls and boulders. The plume is large and pure white. This worm lacks an operculum (trap door). Common in BC fjords.