Washington State Department of Ecology
Flickr Group
Eyes Under Puget SoundThis species image was collected from Puget Sound sediments and photographed by the Washington State Department of Ecologys Marine Sediment Monitoring Team. For more information about this teams work visit: ecology.wa.gov/Water-Shorelines/Puget-Sound/Sound-science... Cant get enough benthos? Check out our Eyes Under Puget Sound Critter of the Month species profile blogs at ecology.wa.gov/Blog/Search?tag=7&category=2
Washington State Department of Ecology
Flickr Group
Eyes Under Puget SoundThis species image was collected from Puget Sound sediments and photographed by the Washington State Department of Ecologys Marine Sediment Monitoring Team. For more information about this teams work visit:https://ecology.wa.gov/Water-Shorelines/Puget-Sound/Sound-science/Marine-sedimentsCant get enough benthos? Check out our Eyes Under Puget Sound Critter of the Month species profile blogs at ecology.wa.gov/Blog/Search?tag=7&category=2
Washington State Department of Ecology
Flickr Group
Eyes Under Puget SoundThis species image was collected from Puget Sound sediments and photographed by the Washington State Department of Ecologys Marine Sediment Monitoring Team. For more information about this teams work visit: ecology.wa.gov/Water-Shorelines/Puget-Sound/Sound-science... Cant get enough benthos? Check out our Eyes Under Puget Sound Critter of the Month species profile blogs at ecology.wa.gov/Blog/Search?tag=7&category=2
Washington State Department of Ecology
Flickr Group
Collected from Puget Sound sediments and photographed by the Washington State Department of Ecologys Marine Sediment Monitoring Team. For more information about this teams work visit: www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/psamp/index.htm.
Washington State Department of Ecology
Flickr Group
Collected from Puget Sound sediments and photographed by the Washington State Department of Ecologys Marine Sediment Monitoring Team. For more information about this teams work visit: www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/psamp/index.htm.
Smallest individuals (3-4 chaetigers) have neither appendages nor distinctive morphology, as shown above left. At around 400µm and 5-6 chaetigers they develop a pair of smooth gills behind the prostomium; the adults will ultimately have four pairs, but the remaining three pairs appear much later in development. Since the smallest larvae are so featureless, it is possible that there may be more than one species represented.
Smallest individuals (3-4 chaetigers) have neither appendages nor distinctive morphology, as shown above left. At around 400µm and 5-6 chaetigers they develop a pair of smooth gills behind the prostomium; the adults will ultimately have four pairs, but the remaining three pairs appear much later in development. Since the smallest larvae are so featureless, it is possible that there may be more than one species represented.