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The bootlace worm (Lineus longissimus) is a species of ribbon worm and one of the longest known animals, with specimens up to 55 m (180 ft) long being reported. [1] Its mucus is highly toxic. [ 2 ]
Lumbricus terrestris is a large, reddish worm species thought to be native to Western Europe, now widely distributed around the world (along with several other lumbricids). In some areas where it is an introduced species , some people consider it to be a significant pest for out-competing native worms.
Lineus is a genus of nemertine worms, including the bootlace worm, arguably the longest animal alive. Lineus contains the following species: [ 1 ] Lineus acutifrons Southern, 1913
A University of Kansas paleontologist exploring an area known for its fossils recently uncovered a never-before-discovered ancient sea worm – and showed off her “nerdy” side while naming it.
Morera-Brenes and Monge-Nájera first described this species in 2010 under the name Peripatus solorzanoi. [4] In 2020, however, Morera-Brenes and two other biologists at the Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica (José Pablo Barquero-González and Steven Sánchez-Vargas) created a new genus, Mongeperipatus, to contain the newly discovered type species, M. kekoldi, as well as M. solorzanoi. [6]
When a 64-year-old Australian woman was sent to hospital for brain surgery, neurosurgeon Dr. Hari Priya Bandi was not expecting to pull out a live 8-centimeter (3-inch) long parasitic roundworm ...
Eunice aphroditois is also known as the bobbit worm [6] [7] or bobbitt worm. [8] The name is believed to be taken from the John and Lorena Bobbitt case, [9] but another possible reason for the name is the worm's jaw. It is sometimes called the sand striker [8] or trap-jaw worm. Traces of their burrows have been found among fossils near Taiwan ...
Here is a list of all the full moons that will take place this year and their peak illumination times in the Eastern Time Zone, according to timeanddate.com. Jan. 25: This full moon happened at 12 ...