# @centerforbiodiv on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C5kAFx4I3PG
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/14753552-centerforbiodiv-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/cb7b56cada.jpg
- **Posted:** 2024-04-10T01:29:04.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Center for Biological Diversity (@CenterForBioDiv) — https://gondola.cc/CenterForBioDiv

## Caption

That's wild: Dancing in the moonlight, sure — but have you heard of dancing in the deep-ocean twilight zone? Watch as a #bioluminescent deep-sea worm performs a hypnotizing "dance" in the darkness. 

Researchers from SchmidtOcean took the video along the coast of Chile and identified the ethereal creature as a segmented gossamer worm (Tomopteris) — a marine worm that spends its whole life in perpetual motion, without ever encountering the seafloor or sunlight. 

Using their paddle-like parapodia, they ripple through the water column in a way that looks almost like dancing. 🕺 

📹 Video by Schmidt Ocean Institute, used with permission. 

#thatswild #deepsea #deepseacreatures #bioluminescence

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## Tags

bioluminescence, deepsea, thatswild, deepseacreatures, bioluminescent

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