Tubeworms protect themselves by secreting a hard tube around their bodies. The tube is made of a tough substance called chitin (the same substance that makes up the shells of lobsters and crabs).
Tubeworm
Museum:
Dorset
Period:
Middle Jurassic
Strata:
Unknown
Fossil Type:
Other
Common Name:
Tubeworm
Scientific Name:
Serpula
Age:
165 million years
Where it was Found:
Buckshaw near Holwell
Found by:
Unknown
Accession Number:
DCM.G.02276
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