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Pectinaria koreni

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Original - Pectinaria koreni, a species of trumpet worm, shown with and without its sand tube. Trumpet worms build sand tubes roughly resembling ice cream cones up to 50 millimetres in length. This specimen, including the tube, is approximately 28 millimetres in length.

Reason: Very nice studio shot showing two aspects of the same species. Very eye-catching, good quality and very high EV. Already featured on Commons, and, interestingly, if promoted, this would become our first annelid FP.
Articles in which this image appears: Pectinaria (worm), Pectinariidae
FP category for this image: Animals/Others
Creator: Hans Hillewaert

Support as nominator --J Milburn (talk) 11:50, 26 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- High EV, good quality. -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 16:26, 26 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support There's definitely not many photos of these, which translates into rarity, but I wish I had more understanding of what I'm looking at. How small and rare are they and is that why its teeth (I think) and aspect of the lighting seem to overblown? --I'ḏ♥One 20:00, 26 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- This particular one is around 25mm, as I said in the image caption. As for rarity, I can't speak for this particular species, I'm afraid- it was picked up out of the sea in Belgium. As a "poke around and see what I can find" type, I have seen freshwater nymphs that do this, but I don't remember ever seeing saltwater worms that do it (and I've spent plenty of time on the beach), so I was genuinely interested to see this picture. I also thought the semi-transparency was brilliant. J Milburn (talk) 22:04, 26 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support A fine illustration. The lighting is probably overblown in a few places simply because they're really shiny, as many soft-bodied creatures are. Note he does give the length - 28 millimetres, or just over 1 inch long. An excellent macro shot. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 20:29, 26 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support Though a soft light source would be better. Noodle snacks (talk) 10:50, 29 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support Very good EV, although Noodle snacks is right about the light. WackyWace ^{converse | contribs} 18:57, 1 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support: Ditto Alvesgaspar and Noodle snacks. Maedin\^talk 21:42, 3 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Pectinaria koreni (with and without tube).jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 15:23, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]