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Peter Marriott

The extraordinarily large (more than a metre long!) nemertean worm, Parborlasia corrugatus. It is a hungry scavenger and predator, and has probably found something tasty to eat (perhaps a scallop, to which the feathery-looking bryozoan is attached).