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Chubby ribbon worm

A chubby ribbon worm juvenile #Nemertean #WormWednesday

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A beautiful nemertean

The ribbon worm Tubulanus #WormWednesday #Nemertea

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Young nemertean learning to hunt

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Nemertean hatchlings

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Female nemertean laying egg case

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Juvenile nemerteans hatching

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Nemertean worms attacking an annelid

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Is Lineus longissimus the longest animal on Earth?

Which is the longest animal in the world? Last year, the PeerJ journal published an article about the largest marine animals. The neat infographic accompanying their tweet immediately got my attention (if the figure is not showing up, check it in full resolution here): For a couple of milliseconds, I thought the scale bar below the […]

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Necrophagy in the world’s longest worm

I’ve filmed the nemertean worm Lineus longissimus feeding on dead annelids! An example of necrophagy.

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The bootlace worm Lineus longissimus