Species
Phragmatopoma californica (California sandcastle worm)
Phragmatopoma californica. Photo: (c) kqedquest, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
The sandcastle worm (Phragmatopoma californica), also called the honeycomb worm or honeycomb tube worm, is a reef-forming marine polychaete worm belonging to the family Sabellarididae. It is dark brown in color with a crown of lavender tentacles and has a length of up to about 7.5 centimeters (3.0 in). The worm inhabits the Californian coast, from Sonoma County to northern Baja California.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Annelida (Segmented worms)
- Class: Polychaeta (Polychaete worms)
- Subclass: Sedentaria (Sedentary and tube-dwelling bristleworms)
- Infraclass: Canalipalpata
- Family: Sabellariidae (Honeycomb worms)
- Genus: Phragmatopoma (Sandcastle worms)
- Species: Phragmatopoma californica (California sandcastle worm)
- Genus: Phragmatopoma (Sandcastle worms)
- Family: Sabellariidae (Honeycomb worms)
- Infraclass: Canalipalpata
- Subclass: Sedentaria (Sedentary and tube-dwelling bristleworms)
- Class: Polychaeta (Polychaete worms)
- Phylum: Annelida (Segmented worms)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)







