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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-98--662351258 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hi Peter, Yes this is Nereis virens; "ragworms" or "sandworms." They are strapping big polychaetes and can give quite a bit if carelessly handled. Cheers, Chris On 23-Apr-07, at 5:28 PM, Peter de Wit wrote: > Someone on another forum pointed out this may be a "ragworm", > reading the description on the link below seems to follow suit, > including ferrtilizing eggs. > > http://www.theseashore.org.uk/theseashore/SpeciesPages/Ragworms.html > > If anyone can confirm, deny or add to this, would be appreciated. > > - Peter > > > > On 4/23/07, Peter de Wit <peterdewit@gmail.com> wrote: > Two of these were found in a tidal pool at Blomidon today (April > 23rd). Both were approx 20 to 30 centimeters long, though hard to > gauge as they tended not to straighten out. blue/green in colour. > They were very activate, constantly moving around however they > didn't appear to be leaving the immediate area, and they did not > come too close to eachother. Both were emitting a creamy > substance from their backends, there was quite a bit of it > collected in the pool they were in, perhaps fertilizing eggs? no > eggs were seen. > > Photos (click "all sizes" for larger view) > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterdewit/470076637/ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterdewit/470061762/ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterdewit/470076853/ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterdewit/470061990/ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterdewit/470062062/ > > - Peter > _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _. Christopher Majka - Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History 1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6 (902) 424-6435 Email <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _. --Apple-Mail-98--662351258 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Peter,<DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span">Yes this is <I>Nereis virens</I>; "ragworms" = or "sandworms." They are strapping big polychaetes and can give quite a = bit if carelessly handled.</SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Cheers,</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Chris=A0</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><= DIV>On 23-Apr-07, at 5:28 PM, Peter de Wit wrote:</DIV><BR = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><DIV>Someone= on another forum pointed out this may be a "ragworm", reading the = description on the link below seems to follow suit, including = ferrtilizing eggs.</DIV> <DIV>=A0</DIV> <DIV><A = href=3D"http://www.theseashore.org.uk/theseashore/SpeciesPages/Ragworms.ht= ml">http://www.theseashore.org.uk/theseashore/SpeciesPages/Ragworms.html</= A></DIV> <DIV>=A0</DIV> <DIV>If anyone can confirm, deny or add to this, = would be appreciated.</DIV> <DIV>=A0</DIV> <DIV>- Peter</DIV> = <DIV><BR><BR>=A0</DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D"gmail_quote">On 4/23/07, <B = class=3D"gmail_sendername">Peter de Wit</B> <<A = href=3D"mailto:peterdewit@gmail.com">peterdewit@gmail.com</A>> = wrote:</SPAN> <BLOCKQUOTE class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: = 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <DIV>Two = of these were found in a tidal pool at Blomidon today (April 23rd).=A0=A0 = Both were approx 20 to 30 centimeters long, though hard to gauge as they = tended not to straighten out.=A0blue/green in colour. They were very = activate, constantly moving around however they didn't appear to be = leaving the immediate area, and they did not come too close to = eachother.=A0=A0=A0 Both were emitting a creamy substance from their = backends, there was quite a bit of it collected in the pool they were = in, perhaps fertilizing eggs?=A0 no eggs were seen. </DIV> <DIV>=A0</DIV> = <DIV>Photos=A0 (click "all sizes" for larger view)</DIV> <DIV>=A0</DIV> = <DIV><A onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" = href=3D"http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterdewit/470076637/" = target=3D"_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterdewit/470076637/</A></= DIV> <DIV><A onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" = href=3D"http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterdewit/470061762/" = target=3D"_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterdewit/470061762/</A></= DIV> <DIV><A onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" = href=3D"http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterdewit/470076853/" = target=3D"_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterdewit/470076853/</A></= DIV> <DIV><A onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" = href=3D"http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterdewit/470061990/" = target=3D"_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterdewit/470061990/</A></= DIV> <DIV><A onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" = href=3D"http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterdewit/470062062/" = target=3D"_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterdewit/470062062/</A></= DIV><SPAN class=3D"sg"> <DIV>=A0</DIV> <DIV>- = Peter</DIV></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV> <P = style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px = Times">_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._= ._._._.</FONT></P> <P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT = face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Times">Christopher Majka = - Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History</FONT></P> <P style=3D"margin: = 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Times">1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada<SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>B3H 3A6</FONT></P> <P = style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Times">(902) 424-6435 <SPAN = cl