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Description
Pretty weird little worm I found crawling around on the reef out of the water. Can't say I know ANYTHING about worms, so if anyone out there does, drop me a line. This was 10-15cm long when fully extended.
May. 16, 2008
06:00 AM PDT
Comments & Identifications
As it appearing in photo, the animal is attached to something from one end with the help of sucker which pinpoints towards the Leech, Phylum: Annelida Order: Hirudinea. The other free end may be mouth of the animal.
Thanks for the input. I actually know what this is (with the help of some Flickr folk), but had forgotten to add the ID: it's a nemertean in the genus Paranemertes (very possibly P. peregrina). If you look very closely at the close-up head shot, you'll see that it lacks the segmentation an annelid would have.
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Comments & Identifications
As it appearing in photo, the animal is attached to something from one end with the help of sucker which pinpoints towards the Leech, Phylum: Annelida Order: Hirudinea. The other free end may be mouth of the animal.
Thanks for the input. I actually know what this is (with the help of some Flickr folk), but had forgotten to add the ID: it's a nemertean in the genus Paranemertes (very possibly P. peregrina). If you look very closely at the close-up head shot, you'll see that it lacks the segmentation an annelid would have.
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