I've never been a fan of worms so I'm pretty ignorant about most species even here in my home waters.
Recently I've been doing a series of night dives, some associated with full moons. As a videographer, I usually keep my eyes and camera focused below me (and thereby miss the great whites, manta rays and whale sharks that pass overhead).
On the last few dives I followed Ricketts and Steinbeck's advice to look from the tidepools to the stars, and caught a number of polychaete worms wriggling their way towards the surface, most likely to spawn. I only caught them on video and didn't sample an individual for identification.
Here is a collage of images that might help someone out there more knowledgeable than I am (Leslie, are you on line?) give me an ID. TIA.
Recently I've been doing a series of night dives, some associated with full moons. As a videographer, I usually keep my eyes and camera focused below me (and thereby miss the great whites, manta rays and whale sharks that pass overhead).
On the last few dives I followed Ricketts and Steinbeck's advice to look from the tidepools to the stars, and caught a number of polychaete worms wriggling their way towards the surface, most likely to spawn. I only caught them on video and didn't sample an individual for identification.
Here is a collage of images that might help someone out there more knowledgeable than I am (Leslie, are you on line?) give me an ID. TIA.
