Blue
fanworm
awaiting
identification*
Family Sabellidae
updated
Oct 2019
Where
seen? This fanworm is sometimes seen in sandy areas, even in silty sand, on our
Northern shores.
Features: Fan 6-8cm in diameter.
The fan banded bluish, brown and white sometimes with portions in
bright yellow. Overall shade may be purplish-blue or greenish. Usually
found alone in sand.
Sometimes this fanworm is seen at low tide with the fan still out
of the tube and the fan 'feathers' stuck together into 'petals' so
that it looks like a bizarre flower!
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Chek Jawa, Jun 05
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Chek Jawa
, Jul 05
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Beting Bronok,
May 06
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*Species
are difficult to positively identify without close examination.
On this website, they are grouped by external features for convenience
of display.
Blue
fanworms on Singapore shores |
Other sightings on Singapore shores |
Chek Jawa, Jul 18
Photo shared by Jianlin LIu on facebook. |
Pulau Sekudu, Aug 23
Photo shared by Marcus Ng on facebook. |
Beting Bronok, Jun 24
Photo shared by Kelvin Yong on facebook. |
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