| Serpulidae () |
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sessile; marine; depth range 0 - 3890 m |
| Circumglobal. |
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| Notable in tropical and subtropical coastal fouling communities (Ref. 102523). Found among living corals as well as on the underside of dead corals. Buried in the skeleton of Montastraea sp. while also seen attached to a dead Pocillopora damicornis (Ref. 102066). Filter feeds to extract minute plankton and organic matter from water column (Ref. 107862). |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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Known from South Carolina to the northern Gulf of Mexico (Ref. 7866). Known to be introduced to North America: east coast in 1954, to the gulf coast 1951 and a failed introduction in the west coast in 1929 (Ref. 3359). |
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