Scientific Name: Sabella spallanzanii
This unwanted pest has become established in Waitemata Harbour, inner Hauraki Gulf in Auckland, Tutukaka, Whangarei, Coromandel, Tauranga, Gisborne, Nelson harbours, Picton and Lyttelton Port.
Has a single spiral crown of elongated filaments projects from tube. Spiral appears yellow-orange, made of bands of white, yellow and brown.
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