New Zealand Seashore

DSC_4782 Quill worm (Hyalinoecia artifex) view of worm concealed in its protective transparent tube. The chevron pattern on the tubes is formed by valves just inside the tube entrance. This onuphid polychaete was dredged from deep water off the Snares Islands *

DSC4782quillwormHyalinoeciaartifexinsidetransparenttubestrawchevronpatternvalveentranceonuphidpolychaetedredgedSnaresIslands