Re: Hairy 'worm' from Brisbane
June 5, 2002
From: Clinton Bauder
Hi Bill,
I suspect Kerri's animal may be a "sea mouse" which is a kind of polychaete worm. Unlike a Sea Hare they would have a segmented body. Here are some pictures of an animal from California. I'm told similar species exist in many other places in the world.
Clinton
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Bauder, C., 2002 (Jun 5) Re: Hairy 'worm' from Brisbane. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/7171Thanks Clinton,
Now that Kerri's second message has eliminated a 'slug' as the, your polychaete suggestion is certainly the most likely answer. Your message nicely illustrates the message from Chris Glasby also suggesting this could be a polychaete worm. He suggests another family of polychaetes, the fireworms. At the risk of starting a 'worm thread' in the Sea Slug Forum, I am not sure whether sea mice, such as you illustrate, are very common anywhere in Australian waters
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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