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title: "Gusano árbol de navidad"
description: "Serpula columbiana — Otros animales. Serpula columbiana, variously called the calcareous tubeworm, plume worm, fan worm, limy tube worm and red tube worm, is a species of segmented marine polychaete worm in the family Serpulidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/red-trumpet-calcareous-tubeworm
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Gusano árbol de navidad

> Serpula columbiana — Otros animales. Serpula columbiana, variously called the calcareous tubeworm, plume worm, fan worm, limy tube worm and red tube worm, is a species of segmented marine polychaete worm in the family Serpulidae.

- Scientific name: *Serpula columbiana*
- Category: `other` (Otros animales)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar y costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 4348
- Wikidata: [Q2570497](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2570497)
- iNaturalist taxon: [131207](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/131207)

## Names

- en: Red-trumpet Calcareous Tubeworm
- es: Gusano árbol de navidad

## Countries with the most observations

US (2012), CA (829)

## Summary

Serpula columbiana, variously called the calcareous tubeworm, plume worm, fan worm, limy tube worm and red tube worm, is a species of segmented marine polychaete worm in the family Serpulidae. It is a cosmopolitan species that is found in most seas in the Northern Hemisphere including the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serpula_columbiana

## Photo

![Gusano árbol de navidad](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-trumpet-calcareous-tubeworm/medium.jpg)

Photo: Alex Heyman · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/92178870

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/red-trumpet-calcareous-tubeworm?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).