#balloon worm

I have always had a deep appreciation for very small organisms, so I chose to portray how precious they feel to me. They're so marvelously intricate, I find them deeply charming and awe-inspiring. So, here's a bunch of little guys! Not size accurate unfortunately.

If anyone's curious as to who all I drew, look here:

27- you can only invite 3 marine creatures to ur whalefall feast . who ?

okok so my first pick is the pacific sleeper shark !! they're one of the species that participate in the mobile scavenger phase, so it is very good for them . plus they look so stupid silly i love them !! one of our most mysterious creechures rahhhh

for the enrichment opportunity phase , i would like 2 go with the balloon worm !! theyre a polychaete that eats carrion , so whale falls can be beneficial to them :3 theyre a super odd looking sea worm and they go blobloblob and i keep misclassifying them as scyphozoans .... help ......

i do not know much about species that inhabit the final stages of whale falls , so BAM GET HIT W ANOTHER MOBILE SCAVENGER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11!!11uhmmm hits u w the peacock mantis shrimp !! i dont know much about them tbh and im pretty sure they dont actually participate in whalefalls .....bbbut they look so so silly.....

images incoming !!