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Charleston Bump Expedition

Description

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.

Credit

Charleston Bump Expedition 2003. NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration; Dr. George Sedberry, South Carolina DNR, Principal Investigator

Display Date

2003 August 10

Location

Southeast of Charleston, South Carolina

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space
Ocean Exploration Collection
Modern Expeditions
Charleston Bump

Keywords

Ocean Exploration