#4946 · 🪼 jellyfish, starfish, worms & co
trumpet worm
🇳🇱 Goudkammetje ·Lagis koreni
🪼 Jellyfish, starfish, worms & co 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Kitzeberg, 24226 Heikendorf, Deutschland
📍 Приморский, Респ. Карелия, Россия, 186672
📍 1797 Den Hoorn, North Holland, Nizozemsko
📍 29730 Guilvinec, France
📍 Vendsyssel-Thy, Hals, Region Nordjylland, DK
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Mona Phipps · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © donpat · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Arnold Wijker · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Martin Bulla · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Kitzeberg, 24226 Heikendorf, Deutschland:© Rita Jansen · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 6. Приморский, Респ. Карелия, Россия, 186672:© Philipp Byzov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. 1797 Den Hoorn, North Holland, Nizozemsko:© Martin Bulla · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © Hans Hillewaert · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 9. 29730 Guilvinec, France:© Julien Bottinelli · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Vendsyssel-Thy, Hals, Region Nordjylland, DK:© Rasmus Brønnum · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
Lagis koreni , commonly known as the trumpet worm , is a species of marine polychaete worm found in European waters. It lives within a narrow conical tube made of grains of sand and shell fragments.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 6 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 84 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Anders Johan Malmgren in 1866 (160 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- trumpet worm
- Nederlands
- Goudkammetje
- scientific name
- Lagis koreni
- class
- Polychaeta
- order
- Terebellida
- family
- Pectinariidae
- sightings in NL
- 6
- sightings in Europe
- 30
- sightings worldwide
- 84
- GBIF records in NL
- 33,555
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1866 by Anders Johan Malmgren
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 521680, Wikidata Q58584752, GBIF 2324317, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.