A group of very old tubeworms

This group of very old tubeworms (Lamellibrachia luymesi and Seepiophila jonesi) live on the same piece of carbonate rock as large colonies of the gorgonian Callogorgia Americana americana. Note the brittle stars and a galatheid crab crawling on the gorgonians. Photo by Derk Bergquist.

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