Leslie Harris

Worms are Wonderful! Warthogs are good too. Polychaete Collection Manager @NHMLA. Systematics, introduced species, biogeography, photography, carnivorous plants

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@rjp_news Congratulations on the new paper. Is it open access?

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@22_TumsatHarumi It's an enteropneust

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https://t.co/5GFF3TwlwN

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@ganyujapan Look at Malacoceros and Rhynchospio, two genera with distinct T-shaped prostomium. The main difference is whether the branchiae start on chaetiger 1 or 2

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@ganyujapan Proboscis of Ikeda. Surprising how long and pretty it is while the body is unimpressive

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@tantalum_0620 Looks similar to some Odontosyllis

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@adameykolab @ColombiaAcimar Just gorgeous. From what part of the world?

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@Crinoidea_hk Interesting - haven't see brittle stars preying on terebellids before

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@O_Especime Polychaete worm, family Terebellidae. Also known as spaghetti worms due to the long feeding tentacles

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@Kelporama There's been a lot of confusion over the years about which species is in the Northeast Pacific. A recent revision cleared it up. 2 big species are on the coast here, A williami and A plenidentata. A virens is Arctic and northern Europe, A brandti is northwest Pacific

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@Kelporama Alitta williami is the current name

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@CardiffCurator @darwintreelife @thembauk @tldarbyshire @PaddyAdkins Adorable!

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@ALIENHARUCHAN Lovely phyllodocidae

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@a1AgqW93RTKPUD9 Its an epitome in the family Nereididae. Very nice!

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@ALIENHARUCHAN It's a family Nereididae, and it's in the reproductive life stage called epitoky. The rapid swimming and circling is normal behavior for an epitoke

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@Crinoidea_hk 😍😍😍

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@ALIENHARUCHAN What a lovely Nereiphylla

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@jwfchu Are the photos of one worm or several? If only one I made a mistake 🥴 it's Armandia brevis since there are lateral eyes along the body

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@ganyujapan That is a character of the family but not all genera have these big stalked eyes. Dr. Naoto Jimi is an expert on the family