Honorable Mention: Asexual Budding in the Oligochaete Worm
Craig Smith, Insight Photography, USA
Technique: Darkfield
Magnification: 400x
Related to the common earthworm, this image shows the "parent" worm (Aeolosoma hemprichi) and the new worm attached to the posterior end of the parent formed by the process of asexual budding.