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Charleston Bump Expedition. A curly worm. This beautiful orange segmented worm,A Syllid (related to earthworms), has long white appendages calleddorsal cirri on every segment. They curled in and out from its bodylike the paper party favors that children get at birthday celebrations. Captured August 3 on Dive 3406. (Image credit: Charleston Bump Expedition 2003. NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration; Dr. George Sedberry, South Carolina DNR, Principal Investigator)