I love the name of this Orange Ribbon Worm, Tubulanus polymorphus , because it truly is polymorphus. In this case, I gently pulled it a little bit out of its hole, and its form completely changed. This is only the second time I've seen one of these.
Photo license and credit belong to the Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH), the Hakai Institute, and MarineGEO | http://specifyportal.flmnh.ufl.edu/iz/ | Field Number: BHAK-0181 | This observation is a part of the collaborative work between FLMNH, the Smithsonian Institution's Marine Global Earth Observatory (MarineGEO) and Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network, the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, and the Hakai Institute
Photo license and credit belong to the Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH), the Hakai Institute, and MarineGEO | http://specifyportal.flmnh.ufl.edu/iz/ | Field Number: BHAK-0181 | This observation is a part of the collaborative work between FLMNH, the Smithsonian Institution's Marine Global Earth Observatory (MarineGEO) and Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network, the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, and the Hakai Institute
Common Name: guard crab, Scientific Name: Trapezia tigrina, Event #: MOOCUBE_01, Specimen #: XMOO_3006, Location: UC Berkeley Gump Station, Moorea, French Polynesia