Ribbon Worms

South Pacific Ocean, Shot at night, Duration 29 seconds

Kvinnherad, Hordaland, Norge

Lineus geniculatus.

Pelagonemertes von der Bauchfelte gefeben.

Figure 1.Ovicides paralithodis sp. n., photographs taken in life. A holotype, female, ZIHU 4271 B allotype, male, ZIHU 4272.

Figure 2.A–B Tubulanus rhabdotus: B detail of the head, mouth and lateral organ (modified from Corrêa 1954) C–E Baseodiscus delineatus: C entire specimen, the worm has expulsed the proboscis D ventral detail of the head E dorsal detail of the head F–I Dushia atra: G dorsal detail of the head H ventral detail of the head I detail of the tail showing the caudal cirrus J–L Lineus stigmatus: J entire specimen, the worm autotomized K ventral detail of the head L lateral detail of the head. b brain, c cirrus, cg cephalic grooves, e eyes, lo lateral organ, m mouth, p proboscis, pp proboscis pore.

Young specimens are very pale, larger/older specimens can be quite orange, brownish, or even chocolate brown.

Los Escullos, Andalusia, Spain

Nygard, Troms Fylke, Norway

Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

Drobak, Akershus Fylke, Norway

Striped small specimen

Tromso, Troms Fylke, Norway

Head with quite few eyes. Other specimens can have obvious eyes in rows on the heads lighter margins. L ruber and L viridis - I dont know if these are two spp or just one. Sequences give mixed messages.

Insuela, Galicia, Spain

Ceuta, Ceuta Province, Spain

App 3 cm long. Characteristic furrows and ridge on head.

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Ceuta, Ceuta Province, Spain

Benzu, Ceuta Province, Spain

Ceuta, Ceuta Province, Spain

Los Escullos, Andalusia, Spain

Santa Pola, Valencia, Spain

Juvenile