#ragworm

nereid worms (Alitta sp.) prowling the tidal mudflats

nereids and other predatory polychaete worms (such as bobbit worms) are related to earthworms but have a more complex brain, leg-like parapodia, eyes, antennae, and sharp retractable jaws for grasping prey. I think of them as marine centipedes.

normally they stay out of sight buried in the mud, so I was a bit surprised to see these ones crawling out in the open, various smaller invertebrates scrambling out of the way to avoid becoming the worms’ next meal.

Today on CHUNK! FUNK! GUNK! We rate

the KING RAGWORM:

5/10 Chunk

8/10 Funk

7/10 Gunk

Woaahh!! Very cool little guy! I’d heard of rag worms before, but I hadn’t seen one until today! They’re not super chunky, but they have a girth to them. Ragworms generally look pretty similar to me (based on my googling lmao) but it seems that these guys are the most colorful, so they can get some extra funk on top of their already funky ragworm status! They appear to secrete mucous and use it to line their burrows, gunky.

Overall: 7/10

Pretty cool! Very squiggly and loopy.

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