A polychaete scaleworm (Polynoidae sp.) seen just above the seafloor. The combination of its undulations and the shimmering waves of its oar-like paddles that drive it through the water was positively hypnotic.
Scaleworm
Image courtesy of NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Gulf of Mexico 2017.
A polychaete scaleworm (Polynoidae sp.) seen just above the seafloor. The combination of its undulations and the shimmering waves of its oar-like paddles that drive it through the water was positively hypnotic. Download larger version (jpg, 618 KB).
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