Aplacophorans

Hi folks

a colleague of mine is searching for photos of aplacophorans - worm-like mollusks, without shell - for a book on invertebrate phyla .. can be either caudofaveates or solenogastrids

most species are small and in deep water, but there are some shallow-water representatives

if you have some pictures, please contact me at artour_a*yahoo.com (replace * with @)

thanks

Art

Aplacos aren't photographed very much as they're usually small and inconspicuous. Some of you might have photos of them without realizing what they are. There are a few colorful - but still small - species which live entwined on soft corals or sponges. Most of them live in the mud. Here are some examples:

http://www40.atwiki.jp/osimakai?cmd=upload...=kasemimizu.jpg

http://www.whoi.edu/science/B/aplacophora/

http://www.weichtiere.at/english/other/solenogastres.html

http://depts.washington.edu/natmap/mollusks/2aplafile.html

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site...dermatidae.html