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Annelida - Chaetogaster limnaei limnaei - an ectosymbiotic oligochaete living inside the mantle cavity of freshwater snails (Menetus sp.). Video (MOV, 1.5 Mb) shows multiple individuals feeding on epiphytes as the snail moves along. |
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Aplacophora (Mollusca) - Video (MOV, 1 Mb) of Meiomenia collected off the coast of Fort Pierce, FL. |
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Halammohydra (Cnidaria) - there are two videos showing the graceful movement of this interstitial hydroid. Video1 is a closeup of the cnidarian (AVI, 4.9 Mb). Video2 shows its movement among sand grains (AVI, 2.2 Mb). |
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Holothuroidea (Echinodermata) - Video (AVI, 6.6 Mb) of a tiny, interstitial sea cucumber. The animal was collected offshore at Capron Shoals, Fort Pierice, Florida. |
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Phylactolaemata (Ectoprocta) - One video (AVI, 5.9 Mb) of a freshwater ectoproct showing the horseshoe-shaped lophophore. |
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Phylactolaemata (Ectoprocta) - Video (MOV, 2.3 Mb) of a small gelatinous colony of Pectinatella magnifica. |
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Gastrotricha - Video (MOV, 1 Mb) of Xenodasys riedli (Macrodasyida) from Capron Shoals, Florida. |
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Kinorhyncha - Two videos of an interstitial kinrhynch collected offshore of Florida. Video1 (AVI, 3.4 Mb) shows the whole kinrhynch. Video2 (MOV, 6.9 Mb) shows the kinorhynch slowly everting its proboscis. |
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Tardigrada - Video (AVI, 6.9 Mb) of a marine interstitial tardigrade attempting to walk on the underside of a coverslip. |
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Rotifera - Platyias patulus - Video 1 is movement within a parthenogenetic egg (MOV, 5.7 Mb) and Video 2 is movement of the mastax in an adult (MOV, 9.6 Mb). |
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Rotifera - Sinantherina socialis - Video (MOV, 4.9 Mb) of colony movement on a blade of submerged grass. |
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Rotifera - Collotheca? Video (1.6 Mb) of this unusual sedentary species. |