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Flatworm

Peter Marriott, Oceans Survey 20/20 - Bay of Islands
This very tiny (0. 5 cm) flatworm was collected from 125 m deep in the Bay of Islands. It has not yet been identified for us but we think it is a beautiful example of the phylum Platyhelminthes.