Blue Christmas

Blue Christmas

Taken Pango Cove off Vila Vanuatu.

The Christmas Tree Worm (Spirobranchus gigantteus) comes in an assortment of colors – yellows, reds, blues, oranges and most colors in between. The larvae of the tiny but spectacular Christmas Tree Worm settle into minute crevices where coral polyps have died. The worms secrete a tube of calcium carbonate, into which they retreat at low tide, or if disturbed, but once covered with water they stretch out their filamentous arms like miniature pine trees.

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Underwater & Sealife (Limit 2 Per Day) and Underwater Photographer's Guild Available for sale as

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