# @science on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DGv_YHOCRHI
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/61248076-science-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-03-03T20:03:26.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Science 🧬 (@science) — https://gondola.cc/science

## Caption

🧬 To describe this polychaete, one simply must use jazz hands — it is the only way to capture this deep-sea worm’s dazzle! According to some experts, the species name means many bristles. Each body segment has a pair of fleshy protrusions called parapodia, which are covered in bristles called chaetae. ⁠
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Some worms are bioluminescent, but this sassy sparkler has priridescent bristles due to protein structures in the bristles. Polychaetes play a vital role throughout our global ocean, from heat-tolerant extremophiles at hydrothermal vents to the bone-eating Osedax worms that cycle nutrients.⁠
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📹️ courtesy of: @schmidtocean⁠
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#polychaete #bioluminescent #bristles #worm #chaetae #deepsea #marinebiology #biology #science

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science, deepsea, bristles, worm, chaetae, polychaete, bioluminescent, biology, marinebiology

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