<div class="cbp-popup-wrapper"> <div class="cbp-l-inline"> <img src="/okeanos/explorations/22voyage-to-the-ridge/gallery/media/dive04-rosy-acorn-worm-800.jpg" alt="This rosy acorn worm (Yoda purpurata) was seen at 2,706 meters (1.68 miles) depth during the fourth dive of the second Voyage to the Ridge 2022 expedition. These acorn worms are deposit feeders, consuming sediment and digesting organic matter from it; note the sediment-filled intestine of the acorn worm pictured here." /> </div> <div class="cbp-l-inline-below"> <div class="cbp-l-inline-title">Rosy Acorn Worm</div> <div class="cbp-l-inline-subtitle"><em>Image courtesy of NOAA Ocean Exploration, Voyage to the Ridge 2022.</em> <a href="/okeanos/explorations/22voyage-to-the-ridge/gallery/media/dive04-rosy-acorn-worm-hires.jpg" download>Download larger version (jpg, 1.6 MB).</a></div> <div class="cbp-l-inline-desc"><p>This rosy acorn worm (<i>Yoda purpurata</i>) was seen at 2,706 meters (1.68 miles) depth during the fourth dive of the second Voyage to the Ridge 2022 expedition. These acorn worms are deposit feeders, consuming sediment and digesting organic matter from it; note the sediment-filled intestine of the acorn worm pictured here.</p></div> </div> </div>