#marine worms
A sneak peek before Wednesday’s 4th of July festivities. This polychaete reminds us of fireworks.
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Spaghetti worms are named for the long, thin tentacles they use to feed and explore the seafloor around the opening of their tube.
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Your next polychaete on the hour.
This scale worm’s bumpy scales and bristles glow brilliantly under fluorescent light
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Newly Discovered Deep Sea Worms Unknown to Science
Scientist and marine researcher Alexander Semenov, recently released a number of incredible new photographs of worms, several of which may be completely unknown to science.
Half of the photos were taken near the Great Barrier Reef in Australia during a 2-week conference on marine worms called polychaetes. Semenov photographed 222 different worm species which are now in the process of being studied and documented by scientists.
The other half of the photos were taken during Semenov’s normal course of work at the White Sea Biological Station in northern Russia where he’s head of the scientific divers team.
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