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Stunning worm art for #worldpolychaeteday

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Goassamer worm • Animals of the Deep • MBARI Instead of crawling along the seafloor, the gossamer worm swims gracefully through the midwater.

Learn more at MBARI's #AnimalsOfTheDeep gallery: www.mbari.org/animal/gossa...

#internationalpolychaeteday #worldpolychaeteday #Wormtastic

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Flame on: The vibrant red gossamer worm is the race car of the deep sea
Flame on: The vibrant red gossamer worm is the race car of the deep sea YouTube video by MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)

@mbarinews.bsky.social has GREAT NEW RED TOMOPTERIS worm video for #worldpolychaeteday #internationalpolychaeteday youtu.be/PII8AvmEvnE?...

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Marine biologist Kristian Fauchald dies at 79 Local LGBT advocate spent 35 years at Smithsonian

For those who did not know who Kristian Fauchald was? An eminent invertebrate zoologist who worked at the Smithsonian's NMNH Dept. of Invertebrate Zoology, an expert in polychaete worms. He passed in 2015. #worldpolychaeteday www.washingtonblade.com/2015/06/02/m...

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A small but long worm-like creature on a hand. It appears to have many leg-like tentacles on its side and it is a greenish brown color.

A small but long worm-like creature on a hand. It appears to have many leg-like tentacles on its side and it is a greenish brown color.

For #WorldPolychaeteDay here’s a nereidid I found a few days ago lol

Clam worm maybe?

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OH WOW! A kaijin/kaiju tokusatsu style Japanese monster based on Eunice the "sand striker"raptorial polychaete worm! #worldpolychaeteday via @sotno at the other place.

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Polychaete worm in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument
Polychaete worm in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument YouTube video by NOAA Sanctuaries

Lovely #deepsea scaleworm from #okeanos Hawaii several years ago! #worldpolychaeteday youtu.be/QqtGUMQVnsw?...

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Give this beautiful deep-sea worm some love 💙
Give this beautiful deep-sea worm some love 💙 YouTube video by MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)

@mbarinews.bsky.social 's delightful FLOTA! deep-sea polychaete for #worldpolychaeteday ! youtube.com/shorts/4LyTb...

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oh it is #WorldPolychaeteDay!
and I used this beautiful weirdo photo to doodle this #SciArt piece last year while half delirious after a flight from the UK to Seattle 🪱

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Genus Lanice Lanice from torch reef Cape Point, Cape Town, South Africa on May 14, 2022 at 01:22 PM by Georgina Jones. with bywoners: feather star and marginella

Whoa. A feather star or crinoid hanging onto this Lanice sand castle worm! But at first glance I thought WHAT is THAT?? #worldpolychaeteday from Cape Town South Africa www.inaturalist.org/observations...

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its apparently #WorldPolychaeteDay so heres this again! do da wiggle

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Sand Mason Worm (Lanice conchilega) Sand Mason Worm from Inner Lees on April 6, 2025 at 12:09 PM by philwilkinson

Sand Mason worm from Ireland! (Lanice conchilega) #worldpolychaeteday www.inaturalist.org/observations...

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Sand Mason Worm (Lanice conchilega) Sand Mason Worm from Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France on October 18, 2020 at 12:28 PM by Sylvain Le Bris

of COURSE the French one is all lacy and fancy! Lanice! #worldpolychaeteday www.inaturalist.org/observations...

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Sand Mason Worm (Lanice conchilega) Sand Mason Worm from Port Erin, Isle of Man, GB on May 23, 2025 at 03:56 PM by thecoffeypot

A showy Lanice structure! #worldpolychaeteday www.inaturalist.org/observations...

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Genus Lanice Lanice from Hypocroner, Nouméa, Nouvelle-Calédonie on May 31, 2025 at 09:44 AM by Pauline Fey

A Lanice from New Caledonia.. somewhat of a minimalist! #worldpolychaeteday www.inaturalist.org/observations...

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Sand Mason Worm (Lanice conchilega) Sand Mason Worm from Parque Natural do Litoral Norte on June 30, 2025 at 06:27 PM by Vasco Ferreira

OH WOW. I love these! Lanice conchilega, a sand mason worm! polychaetes that build elaborate sand enclosures! #worldpolychaeteday www.inaturalist.org/observations...

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OH WOW! Lanice sp. I believe. #worldpolychaeteday

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Genus Eunice Eunice from Subar Laut Island, Singapore on July 7, 2019 at 07:38 AM by budak

Not sure this is Eunice but dang! IRIDESCENT COLORS! #worldpolychaeteday www.inaturalist.org/observations...

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Eunice macrobranchia Eunice macrobranchia from Circuito Don Julio Berdegué Aznar, Mazatlán, SIN, MX on March 19, 2021 at 08:15 PM by mariana_1234

A reminder that there are in the neighborhood of 90-100? species of Eunice! so there's MOAR than E. aphroditois (aka the Sand Striker or the Bobbit worm) a LOT more! Here's Eunice macrobranchia from Pacific Mexico.. its PURPLE! #worldpolychaeteday www.inaturalist.org/observations...

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Genus Eunice Eunice in November 2024 by saraptor

oh man! GORGEOUS iridescent blue from this Eunice polychaete! #worldpolychaeteday from somewhere in the Andaman Islands www.inaturalist.org/observations...

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Weird and wonderful deep-sea worms
Weird and wonderful deep-sea worms YouTube video by MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)

Lovely @mbarinews.bsky.social feature on deep-sea worms! #worldpolychaeteday youtu.be/cdr1kWmSiiE?...

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#PolychaeteDay 2018 Edition: Swimming Polychaete Worms! Photo by Karen Osborn So, Every July 1st is the, now posthumous, birthday of NMNH curator Kristian Fauchald, who was one of the most pr...

My last echinoblog post on #worldpolychaeteday but it includes a retrospective from 3 years of posts and swimming polychaete love! echinoblog.blogspot.com/2018/07/poly...

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14 Fun Facts About Marine Bristle Worms In honor of the first ever International Polychaete Day, learn about the bristly worms that are everywhere in the ocean

#worldpolychaeteday! www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...

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MORE Fun with nereid worms in a bowl! shot in San Francisco during a trip in 2016 #worldpolychaeteday

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Some cool nereid video from years ago in San Francisco! SWIMMY SWIMMY! #worldpolychaeteday

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