The Feather Duster (Bispira brunnea) is a species of marine bristleworm. The worm was first described in 1917 by the American zoologist Aaron Louis Treadwell, a specialist in annelids, who gave it the name Metalaonome brunnea. It was later transferred to the genus Bispira, becoming Bispira brunnea.
The worm tends to live in groups of individuals, and are common off the Caribbean islands in southeast North America. The feather duster has one crown of various colours. However, the colour of the crown seems to be consistent within individual colonies.
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