Abstract
Christmas tree worms as epibionts of giant clams at Koh Tao, Gulf of Thailand
Highlights
Christmas tree worms are serpulids of the genus Spirobranchus (Polychaeta: Serpulidae)
No epibiotic corals were present on the shells
Identification of the worms was based on recently updated information on S. corniculatus (Kupriyanova et al 2015; Willette et al 2015)
Summary
Christmas tree worms are serpulids of the genus Spirobranchus (Polychaeta: Serpulidae). During a survey of the distribution and host specificity of Spirobranchus species around Koh Tao, Gulf of Thailand (January 2015), two small individuals of Spirobranchus corniculatus (Grube, 1862) were found as epibionts on the shells of two fluted giant clams, Tridacna squamosa Lamarck, 1819 (both of them ~35 cm long). No epibiotic corals were present on the shells.
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