Vigtorniella flokati
Description:
(a) video still from DSV Alvin showing colonyof worms hanging from the underside of a 35 tonne graywhale vertebrae in the Santa Cruz Basin at 1675m depth (AD#3485);
(b) macro-video detail of above, showing V. flokati and an unknown genus and species of ampharetid polychaete;
(c) general view of formalin-fixed specimen from Santa Cruz Basin (AD#3485);
(d) detail of dorsal surface of head;
(e) detail of ventral view of head
Photographer: From Dahlgren et al. (2004). Publisher: Allen, Chris.
Creator:
From Dahlgren et al. (2004)