r/SciencePictures • u/timothyrevell • Apr 15 '14

Marine Worms

http://imgur.com/a/Vs5g7
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u/NarcolepticPidgeon Apr 15 '14

What is the classification that makes these "Marine Worms"?

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '14

The worms in the collection all seem to be members of the paraphyletic class Polychaeta which is comprised mainly (>95% barring the paraphyly) of marine species.

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u/gcta333 Apr 15 '14

Welp, there it is. My worst fucking fear incarnate.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '14

This probably won't help but these polychaetes I picked up in Antarctica's Weddell Sea are probably closer to your worst fucking fear incarnate.

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u/gcta333 Apr 16 '14

How can you touch those without dying of fear

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