Haplosyllis anthogorgicola Resurfaces

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Haplosyllis anthogorgicola is a species of bristle worm, or polychaete.

It typically measures no more than 0.24 inches ( 6 millimeters) It burrows inside branching gorgonian corals at a density of up to 15 worms per cubic centimeter.

Researchers analyzed images of tiny seahorses taken by scuba divers, they found evidence of photobombing worms in the hundreds .

iNaturalist photos expand the worms’ potential distribution much farther to the south than previously thought.

The images also provided the first evidence of the worms interacting directly with seahorses.

Polychaetes live in diverse habitats “including polar ice, methane seeps and deep-sea hydrothermal vents,” Osborn said.

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