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Tube production in the sandcastle worm Phragmatopoma californica supplied with clean sand and silica beads showing the anterior portion with extended sand collecting tentacles and building organ (BO). The zoom (right) highlights adhesive cement deposits (arrows) on silica beads (diameter 500 μm).
