A delicate marine worm hand drawn in pen and ink.

Polychaete Branchiomma Arctica (Marine Worm, Feather Duster Worm). These worms can be kept in suitable modern aquariums, its body is buried underground with the retractable feathers in the water to catch its food.

Marine worms are 60 million year old creatures that still survive to this day. There are 28,000 known species with new ones still being discovered, some scientists estimate a possible 100,000 species exist. They are little miracles capable of surviving many different environments including some some varieties that live on volcano edges and can survive 105°C.

A4 Mounted Print

• Printed as a 6" x 9" image on high quality, slightly off-white watercolour paper giving a smart, crisp finish.
• Fixed to a white, bevel-cut mounting card ready for you to frame at home.

A4 Framed Print

• Printed as a 6" x 9" image on high quality, slightly off-white watercolour paper giving a smart, crisp finish.
• Fixed to a white, bevel-cut mounting card, and sealed into an A4 black frame with proper glass front instead of plastic.

Limited Edition

• Limited to only 25 editions of this type.
• Printed as a 6" x 9" image on high quality, slightly off-white watercolour paper giving a smart, crisp finish.
• Embossed with a 'Bad Dave Limited Edition' stamp noting the number of the limited edition.
• Hand signed by the artist.
• Fixed to a white, bevel-cut mounting card, and sealed into an A4 black frame with proper glass front.
• Certificate and wax seal of Authentication on the back noting the key elements that make up this a genuine Bad Dave Limited Edition (generic photo).

Bad Dave Says

These marine worms are extraordinary! I had a lot of fun drawing this one, it made me slow down and really think about how the feathers needed to be layered to show depth, the light and shade and the difference in texture between its very delicate 'feather' fronds and its smooth, segmented body. 

Handmade in the UK by a small, independent business, and also printed in the UK by another small, independent business.