Virtual Field Trip to the Florida Keys

Upper Keys: Location 6 - Windley Key

Windley Key Fossil Reef State Geological Site.

This cut block of limestone used to build the Visitor Center at Windley Key Reef shows an oblique section through a boring made in a coral head. The detailed structures of the coral colony are clearly seen. After boring, the inside of the bore has been encrusted by serpulid worm tubes.

What organism is likely to have made this boring? Think about the possible candidates, then click the button on the left.