Your spotting has been nominated for the Spotting of the Week. The winner will be chosen by the Project Noah Rangers based on a combination of factors including: uniqueness of the shot, status of the organism (for example, rare or endangered), quality of the information provided in the habitat and description sections. There is a subjective element, of course; the spotting with the highest number of Ranger votes is chosen. Congratulations on being nominated Palaimon!
these will give you a nasty sting though be carefull, they are a problem in aquariums stowing away in live rock and devestating the tank, killing fish and all sorts!!
It's what's known as a polychaete, a type of annelid worm. Another example of an annelid would be an earth worm or leech. Polychaete's date back to the Cambrian explosion making them some of the oldest extant multi-cellular organisms on the planet and one of the most diverse and abundant class of organisms in the ocean.
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Your spotting has been nominated for the Spotting of the Week. The winner will be chosen by the Project Noah Rangers based on a combination of factors including: uniqueness of the shot, status of the organism (for example, rare or endangered), quality of the information provided in the habitat and description sections. There is a subjective element, of course; the spotting with the highest number of Ranger votes is chosen. Congratulations on being nominated Palaimon!
Thanks oxyjack!
Beautiful... I LOVE polychaetes!
Thanks for your comment MaryEvans2!!!
Stunning photos and what an awesome spotting.
Thanks for the mission HUNTER!!!
Thanks for you comment Lily
Love the colors!
Thanks a lot and Welcome to HUNTER Mission ..
Add to a new mission
i upload some more pictures!
@ July, i think this is the most colorful animal in the meditereanian sea ;-)
love the colors!
beautiful spotting
these will give you a nasty sting though be carefull, they are a problem in aquariums stowing away in live rock and devestating the tank, killing fish and all sorts!!
its so fantastic what you can find under water!
Beautiful!
i can't believe i just said that about a really really old Worm.
thank you,
Thanks Noe and Pili and thanks as well to ZachMeier for the informations!
Good shot, very neat!
It's what's known as a polychaete, a type of annelid worm. Another example of an annelid would be an earth worm or leech. Polychaete's date back to the Cambrian explosion making them some of the oldest extant multi-cellular organisms on the planet and one of the most diverse and abundant class of organisms in the ocean.
what kind og organism is this? Its not a fish