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polychaete worm

Nereis grubei

Description:

First half is a blue color with legs like a caterpillar, second half is red with paddle type things (the paddles look like they are small gills or the same structure as gills) instead of legs. It has two fairly large mandibles (if that's the right word for them) that come out of a large hole on its head.

Habitat:

It was found about a foot and a half away from the ocean front. In Valdez Alaska.

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3 Comments

Sydney Haase
Sydney Haase 12 years ago

Thank you to both of you!you are very helpful!

oxyjack
oxyjack 12 years ago

It's a polychaete worm (a marine annelid), possibly a clam worm. I saw those out hunting one night on the shoreline at Glacier Bay AK.

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 12 years ago

Very interesting nice info and shots tis.me.friday!

Sydney Haase
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Sydney Haase

Spotted on Mar 24, 2012
Submitted on Mar 24, 2012

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