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[Annelida] What are these in tube field 1000 m?

James Blake via annelida%40net.bio.net (by jablake9 from gmail.com)
Wed Sep 10 08:02:57 EST 2014


Hi Geoff

These remind me of Bathysiphon, a foraminiferan.

Jim

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> On Sep 10, 2014, at 2:29 AM, Geoff Read <Geoffrey.Read from niwa.co.nz> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Attached is a video frame grab of a field of tubes in situ from about 1000 m in Cook Strait.  There's quite a strong current going past right to left but the tubes don't flex at all. The visible tube lengths would be about 150 mm. No tentacles to be seen. I was thinking Polychaeta, perhaps a large chaetopterid.  Other suggestions welcome.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Geoff
> <Tubes1000mCookStraitEd.jpg>
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