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Squirmy Worm

Squirmy Worm
Wildwood, Cape May County, New Jersey, USA
December 31, 2000
What is this creature?

I found it squirming and wriggling among the rocks and wetness of the Wildwood Bay shore. (I may have found it under a rock but I forget.)

Nereis polychaete
A relatively common type of marine polychaete.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nereis

Polychaete
I agree.

Marine worm
Sounds like you found it in a marine environment. If so, its probably a polychaete marine worm.

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