Name: Spirographis
Scientific Name: Spirographis spallanzani Viviani, 1805
Family: Sabellidae
Group: Polychaete worms
Class: Invertebrates
Size: 26-50 cm.
These tubeworms live, anchored on rocks and harbour pylons, inside a tube, which they build themselves out of mucus and silt. On their upper part they show a remarkable "fan" which they twirl and rotate to feed on small suspended particles and also breath.
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Oceanário Location
Seagrass beds
