Meanwhile, the parent worm stays put and regenerates the lost tissue. In this way, a single R. multicaudata can dispatch tens ...

They weren’t snakes, of course, but nematodes, also known as roundworms—and, it turns out, they’re the most common ...

Photography is a language that requires no words – but for photographer Angel Fitor, the camera is a tool to translate the ...

A previously unknown species of ribbon worm, Pararosa vigarae, has been discovered off the northwest coast of Spain. The ...

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School of Biological and Marine Sciences, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, Devon PL4 8AA, U.K. School of Ocean Science, Bangor University, Anglesey LL59 5AB, U.K. School of Biological ...

Sá sùng (sea worms) Dried sá sùng is an expensive but sought-after specialty in Quang Ninh. Photo: Vuon Xanh Cua Ha Sá sùng, also known as marine worms, sand ginseng, or sea ginseng, has a rather ...

Xenacoelomorpha is an enigmatic phylum, displaying various presumably simple or ancestral bilaterian features. This valuable study characterises the reproductive life history of Hofstenia miamia, a ...

The “lost and found” animal was a marine worm called a polychaete, according to the study. However, a few key features set the worm apart from previously described species. The holotype ...

C. M. Vines, “Phospholipase C” in Calcium Signaling, M. Islam, Ed. (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, Springer, 2012), pp. 235–254.

Here, we demonstrate that lipopolysaccharide, the main component of the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria from the bacterium Cellulophaga lytica, induces metamorphosis for a marine worm. We ...