Red Fanworm
| Name: | Red Fanworm |
| Scientific Name: | Pyrgopolon ctenactis |
| Family: | Calcareous Tube Worms |
| Taxonomic: | Serpulidae |
| ID Group: | Worms |
| Size: | up to 1 in. |
| Depth Range: | On the reef (10 – 60 ft.) |
| Sightings: | Not usually seen |
The Red Fanworm has a fan-shaped crown that forms a curved, horseshoe shape. Its hard white operculum sticks out from the tube and often has sponge or algae growing on its tip. Around its opening is a white ring with about twenty rounded red bumps.
This Tube Worm lives fixed in one place. When disturbed, it quickly pulls its fan back inside its tube for protection.