Alciopid Polychaetes Collected and Photographed by Dr. Stanley A. Rice

Unidentified Alciopid Polychaete after secretion of a

Mucus cloud following collision with another animal.

Typically, a worm produces this mucus cloud when

disturbed, remains inside the cloud for several seconds,

then wiggles out and continues swimming.

Rhynchonerella petersi, ventral view of head, 100x

Vanadis formosa with everted proboscis

Torrea candida, head with everted proboscis

Torrea candida, teeth inside proboscis

Rhynchonerella moebii, Florida Gulf Stream, 70x

Rhynchonerella angelini with everted proboscis, 19x

R. angelini, dorsolateral view of head, 32x

Vanadis minuta, head, 110x