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Hawaiian Worms
FEBRUARY 2007
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Sabellastarte spectabilis, 4 in (10 cm) body, tentacles up to 4.5 in (11.4 cm) long

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Unfurled Fancy
Photograph by Darlyne A. Murawski

The feather duster worms' leathery hideaway tubes are secretions of mucus-coated silt; pulled from its tube, a worm's body uncurls to about four inches (ten centimeters).

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