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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