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[Annelida] Unidentified animal

Paulo Henrique BONIFÁCIO via annelida%40net.bio.net (by paulobonifacio from gmail.com)
Mon Mar 19 07:06:17 EST 2018


Hi everyone,

A colleague doing annotation from ROV images observed this animal (black
circle) and we dont what it could be.
It seems to use the wood piece (?) to live as a hermit grab. I supposed the
yellow structures could be in the anterior region but if its the case it
moves backwards. I think its not a polychaete but i have no idea what could
be. It seems to have about 10 centimetres (maybe more).

The photos were done from 520 and 575 m depth in l’Astrolabe Bay Papua New
Guinea.

Some idea???

Thank you,
Paulo












Paulo Bonifacio
bonif from me.com


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