James Blake wrote:
> The reference to "Ice Worms" is a new one to me, but the worm may turn
> out to be the same one that occurs at various other seeps in the Gulf
> of Mexico and that has been collected and known, but not described, for
> about 10 yrs.
>> The worm occurs in "writhing" masses and it turns out to be related to
> orbiniids, albeit something that seems very plesiomorphic to me.
Thanks Jim.
No, I think that could be another worm -- the species Fisher apparently
nicknames 'snotworms' (!!) which have just been brought to my attention
(thanks Mary - I missed them.).
http://www.bio.psu.edu/fisher/images/snotworms.jpeg
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Geoff Read <g.read at niwa.cri.nz>
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