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Description
Charleston Bump Expedition. A curly worm. This beautiful orange segmented worm,A Syllid (related to earthworms), has long white appendages calleddorsal cirri on every segment. They curled in and out from its bodylike the paper party favors that children get at birthday celebrations. Captured August 3 on Dive 3406.
Credit
Charleston Bump Expedition 2003. NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration; Dr. George Sedberry, South Carolina DNR, Principal Investigator
Display Date
2003 August 10
Location
Southeast of Charleston, South Carolina
Category
Voyage to Inner Space
Ocean Exploration Collection
Modern Expeditions
Charleston Bump
Keywords
Ocean Exploration