> [!summary]- Classification
**Kingdom**:: [Animalia](Animalia.md)
**Phylum**:: [Annelida](Annelida.md)
**Subphylum**::
**Superclass**::
**Class**:: Polychaeta
**Subclass**:: Sedentaria
**Superorder**::
**Order**:: Sabellida
**Suborder**::
**Superfamily**::
**Family**:: Serpulidae
**Subfamily**::
**Genus**:: Salmacina
**Species**:: S. dysteri
**Vernacular**:: Salmacina
## Photos
*[136 - 2023-07-23 - La Balise - Saint Cyr - France](136%20-%202023-07-23%20-%20La%20Balise%20-%20Saint%20Cyr%20-%20France.md) - Some colonies can be really big. They often clings on gorgonians. We can perceive a [Myriapora truncata - False coral](Myriapora%20truncata%20-%20False%20coral.md) on the right.*
*[136 - 2023-07-23 - La Balise - Saint Cyr - France](136%20-%202023-07-23%20-%20La%20Balise%20-%20Saint%20Cyr%20-%20France.md) - With different kind of [Lithophyllum spp. - Stone-leaf](Lithophyllum%20spp.%20-%20Stone-leaf.md).*
## Notes
It's a colony of worms, that all have their own fan, but really small. I will try to take a picture of those fan in macro.
## References
- https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Salmacina-dysteri-Salmacine-de-Dyster-109/(rOffset)/3