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In this view of the thoracic parapodia the neuropodia (above, directly facing the camera) can be seen to be short-handled, avicular uncini (or with no handles at all) that are in a straight or slightly sinuous line. The notopodia (below) have both long limbate and shorter spatulate setae. This is a view of the left side of the animal which is outside its tube. The animal's ventral side (smooth, white) is up in this photo.
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Laonome kroeyeri in its tube. The tube is about 1 cm in diameter and 25 cm long. This individual was caught by otter trawl at about 75 m depth in the San Juan Channel. (Photo by: Dave Cowles, July 2008)
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Here are several more aggregations at Beach #4. Photo by Dave Cowles, July 2006
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This underwater photo of Eudistylia vancouveri on a piling shows the plumes fully extended. Photo by Dave Cowles, July 2008 at Admiralty Beach
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An individual on a float at Fidalgo Marina, Anacortes, WA. Photo by Dave Cowles, July 2, 2014
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Eudistylia vancouveri at Beach #4 near Kalaloch (Photo by: Dave Cowles, July 2005)
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These two intertwined individuals show some of the variations in plume color. Their tubes are overgrown with Perophora annectens tunicates, and a Triopha catalinae clown nudibranch is crawling among them.
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This individual, the same as in the photograph above (but removed from its tube) shows details of the tan-colored plume.
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This slit-open tube shows the smooth texture inside and the rough texture outside.
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This dorsal view of the head shows the groove for fecal material, which runs on the dorsal side at the anterior end (thorax) of the animal. The white flecks are material which has already moved up the groove. A few white flecks can be seen in the groove, and these are moving steadily toward the head. The long notosetae are visible, the head flaps can be clearly seen at the base of the radioles, and dark eyespots can be seen on the shaft of at least one radiole.
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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This view of the left side of the thorax shows the long notosetae and the short neurosetae, plus the reversal of these on the abdomen at the bottom of the photo.
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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This dorsal view of the abdomen (left) and thorax (right) shows the transition in type of setae, and also shows the fecal groove transitioning from the ventral side on the abdomen to the dorsal side on the thorax.
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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The pinkish tail end of this individual must mean that it is a male.
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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Schizobranchia insignis (tube removed) found on Fidalgo Marina docks. (Photo by: Dave Cowles, July 2014)
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
