Worm from Pinnacles NP, California, USA
Mar 27, 2017 • 8:03 PM UTC
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I imaged this cool little worm, which I found in some water collected from Pinnacles NP by Dr. Martha Cyert. I’m no wormologist, but based on the segmentation and biramous parapodia, it may be a polychaete. Like this (though mine was much smaller, only ~1 mm in length):
Biramous parapodia, courtesy of http://personal.cityu.edu.hk/~bhworm/errant/images/nephtynidae(S)1.jpg
Thanks to Manu Prakash for making these Foldscopes available to our class, and teaching us how to use them!!
#bio60
Thanks to Manu Prakash for making these Foldscopes available to our class, and teaching us how to use them!!
#bio60
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