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Caption: An aggregation of the Antarctic nemertean Parbolasia corrugates. These huge and slimy worms can reach 2 m in length and are predators of many small Antarctic animals, such as limpets, and scavengers of almost anything that dies. They can swallow prey 5 or 6 times their width but here they are clustering in the spring tides of December perhaps for mass spawning.
Keywords: Antarctic nemertean | Parbolasia corrugates | marine | worm
Location: ?
Season: 2009/2010
Photographer: David Barnes
Image size (pixels): 4000 x 3000