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Christmas Tree Worms on Brain Coral, Belize

© Christina Kellogg , USGS2009

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Nairobi, Kenya

These aren't your typical Christmas trees! Christmas tree worms have made their home on a brain coral. Tropical corals reefs are complex ecosystems, but are rapidly being lost to bleaching and disease, linked to increasing water temperatures.

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  • Title: Christmas Tree Worms on Brain Coral, Belize
  • Creator: © Christina Kellogg , USGS
  • Date Created: 2009
  • Location: South America, Belize
  • Subject Keywords: corals, coral reef, biodiversity
  • Original Source: https://flic.kr/p/pviGB3
  • Rights: © Christina Kellogg , USGS
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

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