Christmas Tree Worm Eyes

Scientists say the marine.

Christmas tree worm eyes. Though 10 20 is more common 5. The christmas tree worm s obscured peepers might be the only example of eyes located on gills in the animal world as marine biologist michael bok told sciencenews. Googly eyes these technicolor trees aren t plants.

Christmas tree worms can t run but they can hide the worms actually have fairly complex eyes on their tubes which don t do them much good. A wildly colored pair of tapering feathery spires. They stick up from the top of the worm s buried retreat like the ornamental trees.

Which is part of their charm. They have been known to occur from the caribbean to the indo pacific. But their radioles also sport cells that let them distinguish changes in light like the shadow of a predator looking to munch on them.

They are some of the weirdest looking creatures in the ocean but a worm that looks like a multi coloured christmas tree may also have some of the strangest eyes too. This widespread marine worm spirobranchus giganteus gets its holiday nickname from its gills. But that he adds is just part of their charm.

Bok of lund university in sweden says he has seen worm gills in red orange blue yellow even stripes. Only the classics for these worms. Once settled down a christmas tree worm can live upwards of 30 years.

These animals can be a variety of colors including red orange yellow blue and white. Christmas tree worms have eyes in a really silly place says michael bok. These animals can be a variety of colors including red orange yellow blue and white.