Ceraesignum
maximum (Sowerby, 1825)
These
large vermetids are abundant on the hard reef and in living coral on seaward,
pinnacle and lagoon reefs. Their mucus feeding nets are usually spread out over
large patches of reef
rock.
Mucus nets for feeding are stretched out at upper left and lower right in the
photo below.
In a patch of zoanthids.
In living Montipora coral.
More mucus feeding nets.
In living Acropora coral.
More in Montipora coral.
In Millepora fire coral.
Numerous individuals in hard reef
rock with intersecting mucus nets.
Here the shell appears to be broken
back a little, exposing a bit more of the animal.
This intertidal coralhead (sometimes
called a "microatoll") has a dense populatioin of what appear to be
Ceraesignum maximum.
Created
10 July 2019
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