#WormWednesday: A Picture Thread
Pasta worms — Cirriformia sp.
Pictured here in the sand of our Discovery Labs
Candy-striped worm — Dorvillea moniloceras.
Found during a kelp holdfast dissection
Peanut worm — Phascolosoma agassizii
A favorite introvertebrate, found in a kelp holdfast
Unidentified ribbon worm — Phylum Nemertea
Found in the sand of our Discovery Labs
Sand castle worm — Phragmatopoma californica and sabellid worm — Myxicola infundibulum
Living in a kelp holdfast on the Aquarium house reef
Feather duster worm — Eudistylia polymorpha
Giving a chimney sweep to the Aquarium house reef
Tubeworm — Serpula columbiana and Sand castle worm — Phragmatopoma californica
Questing for dissolved organic matter along Cannery Row.
A beautiful nudibranch in Carmel to break up theNOPE TUBEWORM !
Worms in the deep sea? When pig butts fly! A favorite from @MBARI_News, behold the pig butt worm — Chaetopterus pugaporcinus
Tomopterid worm in the deep Monterey Bay. Its red gut hides bioluminescent snacks from prying eyes. You know you wanna click the link to know more: mbayaq.co/2PwyWHv @MBARI_News
🎶Just chaete swimming...🎶
This worm's genus is Swima. The runner-up was Slinky.
[very The Mask voice] SSSSMOKIN' !!
Riftia vent worms holding it down for the chemosynthetic worm fam from @MBARI_News' expedition to Baja: mbayaq.co/2BzwTzN
Veni. Vidi. Vermi. We hope you enjoyed this #WormWednesday thread. If it whetted your appetite for more worm content, this video by @MBARI_News is a monster meal of wonderful worms to feast upon!
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