Gary T Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Found several of these Saturday at the NSR. I had never noticed them on previous trips, perhaps I only saw them because I was closer to the ground on this trip (sunk in the muck to my ankles). Based on the quantity I saw, I am sure someone knows what they are. I forgot to add that they are fluted on the sides and all have exactly 6 ridges, 5 flutes, and if you cross-sectioned them the pattern would be rather symmetrical. Thanks Gary Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanceH Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Those are worm tubes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jax Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Found several of these Saturday at the NSR. I had never noticed them on previous trips, perhaps I only saw them because I was closer to the ground on this trip (sunk in the muck to my ankles). Based on the quantity I saw, I am sure someone knows what they are. Looks like the top of a Crinoid. Im not sure it they are found in the NSR, but it could be a different type of plant as well. Cool finds. Justin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary T Posted January 7, 2009 Author Share Posted January 7, 2009 I had never seen worm tubes that were fluted on the sides before, only smooth. Thanks for the info Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Lance got it ! They are calcareous worm tubes Hamulus squamosus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Worm tubes of the genus Hamulus? Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary T Posted January 7, 2009 Author Share Posted January 7, 2009 Thanks again. Little guy must have been quite the engineer. I did a search on Hamulus, and found Dan's photo from April 15, 2007. Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 smaller than the worm tubes I find here in Maryland but they look the worm tubes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy1971 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Yep...worm tubes. I got some of those when i went a couple of months ago. I had no idea what they were at the time. I thought they were some kind of Dentalium (tusk shells) until I looked it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Worm tubes they are for sure. I have collected alot from the NSR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary T Posted January 7, 2009 Author Share Posted January 7, 2009 6 out of 7 muck sievers surveyed say "tube worm." Sadly to say I am not nearly as excited about them now. Just no love for the annilids. Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 ...Sadly to say I am not nearly as excited about them now. Just no love for the annilids. An annihilist, eh? "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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