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Worms with feathery heads
Size given is diameter with fan extended
| 6-8cm. Banded white and brown. Usually alone. In living hard coral and coral rubble. Commonly seen on many of our shores. | 6-8cm. Banded bluish, brown and white sometimes with bright yellow. Usually alone. In sand near coral rubble. Sometimes seen on our Northern shores. | 6-8cm. Olive brown sometimes with tinges of black. Usually alone. In silty sand near seagrasses. Sometimes seen on some of our shores. | 4-6cm. Orange or yellowish, sometimes with paler portions or pale bands. Usually alone. In coral rubble. Commonly seen on many of our shores. | |
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| 3-4cm. Pale with faint bands of brown and orange and tiny black spots on the 'ribs' of the feathery tentacles. In silty sand near seagrasses. Sometimes seen on Changi. | About 1cm. White with brown portions that result in a chevron banded pattern. Silty sheltered lagoons. Sometimes seen on some of our shores. | 2-3cm. Fan in a double or triple spiral. White with tiny maroon spots on the 'ribs'. Often seen in groups of 5 or more. Sandy areas near coral rubble. Sometimes seen on some of our shores. | 1-2cm. A pair of spiralling black fans on top of tubular unsegmented body. Associated with peacock anemones. Commonly seen on some of our Northern shores. |
*Species are difficult to positively identify without close examination.
On this website, they are grouped by external features for convenience of display.
How to tell apart feathery lifeforms
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