Amazing sea worm "Christmas tree"

Before coming New Year Editorial caught worm awesome! Scientifically this cute marine worm called spirobranchus giganteus, but he is better known as a worm Christmas ёlka.Spirobranchus giganteus live in the ocean, their body is composed of two tubes in the form of colorful spirals that resemble tiny Christmas tree. Spirals are covered with villi - radiograms by which the worm grabs food floating in the water. Typically, this microscopic plants and phytoplankton. Radiograms are also used for breathing.



worm Christmas tree consists of two "firs", the height of which rarely exceeds 4 cm and they come in different colors, including orange, yellow, blue, white, green. These creatures are easy to spot because of their fun shapes, colors and beauty.







































via fshoke.com/2015/12/24/morskoj-cherv-rozhdestvenskaya-elka/