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Polychaete larva

 

Collected: North Inlet, SC.

Notes: This is an early stage of a polychaete larva before segmentation begins.

This unknown polychaete may be a spionid. Members of the Family Spionidae are often the most abundant polychaete larvae in Atlantic nearshore waters.rge

Photographed by: Brock Renkas, Baruch Marine Lab, University of South Carolina

Submitted by: Bill Johnson, Goucher College

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