image: This is one of the first green bombers (Swima bombiviridis) collected from Monterey Bay and photographed by Steve Haddock of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. Several green bombs are visible near the animal's long coiled head palps. This image relates to an article that appeared in the Aug. 21, 2009 issue of Science, published by AAAS. The brevium, by Dr. Karen J. Osborn of The Scripps Institution of Oceanography and colleagues, was titled, "Deep-Sea, Swimming Worms with Luminescent 'Bombs.'" view more
Credit: Image © 2001 S.H.D. Haddock