montereybayaquarium:*WHACK!* The giant kelp holdfast explodes like a piñata, revealing a tentacular
montereybayaquarium:*WHACK!* The giant kelp holdfast explodes like a piñata, revealing a tentacular treasure trove full of wormy wonders. Pasta worms, peanut worms, candy worms—and even a ribbon worm to tie them all together!Four photos, three phyla of “worms!” The two on the left are both annelid worms, phylum Annelida. The top right is a peanut worm, phylum Sipuncula. The lower right is a nemertid worm, phylum Nemertea. They’re all in the group “worms,” but these cool creatures are as different from each other as bees and sea stars. -- source link
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