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Hawaiian Worms
FEBRUARY 2007
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 Sabellastarte spectabilis, tentacles up to 4.5 in (11 cm)
Feather Dusters
Photograph by Darlyne A. Murawski
Tidying the sea, feather duster worms wave plankton-catching tentacles above a coral head covered with stringy anemones and soft corals (green). A nibbling fish or even a passing shadow triggers a duster's giant nerve fibers to retract the feathers with lightning speed. They slowly unfurl again once the danger is gone.
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