New Zealand Seashore

DSC_4805 Quill worm (Hyalinoecia artifex) detail of head of worm inside its transparent tube. The chevron pattern on the tubes is formed by valves just inside the tube entrance. These onuphid polychaetes were dredged from deep water off the Snares Islands *

DSC4805quillwormHyalinoeciaartifexdetailheadinsidetransparenttubestrawchevronpatternvalveentranceonuphidpolychaetedredgedSnaresIslands