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they fuckin slurped him!!!!

Tomopteris sample from Schmidt Ocean Institute

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A gossamer worm of the genus Tomopteris. Photograph by Rob Sherlock of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. Wallpaper at source.

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From wikipedia:

"Generally, gossamer worms grow to only a few centimeters in overall length, or 20 millimetres (0.79 in) to 40 millimetres (1.6 in) in total length, though this is likely to reflect the size of those amenable to being caught in trawl nets.[9]"

i just love the phrasing in that last sentence. "Those amenable to being caught in trawl nets." Almost like the larger ones just so happen to be easily persuaded to be caught up in nets. Like it's a mild kink for them.

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The Tomopteris is a genus of marine planktonic polychaete. All known species of Tomopteris are holoplanktic, which means that they spend their whole life cycles in the open ocean. They swim via their many parapodia, making them fast, strong, and agile swimmers. They inhabit the twilight zone, which is 2,500m (8,200ft) deep. They’ve also been known to produce a yellow bioluminescent mucus, which is a really rare color in the deep sea.