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Hawaiian Worms
FEBRUARY 2007
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 Lepidodermella squamata, from 0.004 in (0.1 mm) to 0.04 in (1 mm) long
Wee Worm
Photograph by Darlyne A. Murawski
Photographed at Kewalo Marine Laboratory
Microscopic, nearly clear, and covered in hair, a gastrotrich is one of the smallest aquatic worms, inhabiting the minuscule space between sediment particles. Yet each has a mouth, a complete gut, and both sperm and eggs (it reproduces without mating). This specimen, from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Massachusetts, may appear full of eggs, but is not. A single egg would take up nearly half its body cavity.
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Camera: Unrecorded
Format: Digital
Lens: Unrecorded
F-Stop: f/8.1
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Weather Conditions: Indoors
Time of Day: Unrecorded
Lighting Techniques: Available light
Special Equipment: The worm was photographed through a microscope.
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