bright red polychaete worm

The yellow arrow points toward the bright red polychaete worm, Branchiopolynoe seepensis, that scientists have found living in the shells of mussels in the Gulf of Mexico, Blake Ridge, and Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Image courtesy of Stéphane Hourdez, Station Biologique de Roscoff, France.

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