Vibrant Worm Pictures Lead to New Species Discovered

These bright and electrifying images of worms will leave you wondering where photographer Alexander Semenov found them. Half of the photos were taken near the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and the other half were taken in northern Russia at the White Sea Biological Station. Of the 222 different worm species Semenov shot, many where previously unknown to science and are now being studied and documented by scientists.

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