tdpriest 115 Posted April 15, 2009 Found by the sharp eyes of Graham Abbott during a night dive , at 6m, on a crinoid living on coral rubble at Wajil, Raja Ampat. We have no idea what it is (and so guessed at a copepod, as they can be really weird). Tim Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leslie 0 Posted April 16, 2009 Hi Tim -- I wasn't sure either so I sent your image to a friend who works on crinoid commensals. It's an unusual type of polychaete worm in a subgroup called the Myzostomidae. He says it's very similar to Myzostoma lobifera but it's also much larger than the ones he's collected. Myxostomids are all commensals on other organisms & especially on echinoderms. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tdpriest 115 Posted April 17, 2009 Hi Tim -- I wasn't sure either so I sent your image to a friend who works on crinoid commensals. It's an unusual type of polychaete worm in a subgroup called the Myzostomidae. He says it's very similar to Myzostoma lobifera but it's also much larger than the ones he's collected. Myxostomids are all commensals on other organisms & especially on echinoderms. Thanks! Graham was sure that you would be able to come up with the species! Tim Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cookmedoc 0 Posted April 18, 2009 Fabulous and informative. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
