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A lantern worm seeks its prey among the kelp

It must be fast to take a piece, for a carpet of kelp in a group this large could take the worm as dinner, instead

Marine worms are incredibly important contributors to any ecosystem they inhabit. Many of them burrow beneath the sand, sometimes in colonies of vast size, and they churn the sands while moving and searching for food. This oxygenates and freshes the sea floor and exposes foods for other creatures, inmany ways like terrestrial worms on the surface