Researchers described the new genus Terebellosuctoria from marine worms collected near Christmas Island and the Cocos Islands (Keeling), in the Indian Ocean. Animals belong to the group of so-called "spaghetti worms", because of the many tentacles elongated, but they drew attention by displaying ventral structures similar to suction cups. The exact function has not yet been...
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Researchers described the new genus Terebellosuctoria from marine worms collected near Christmas Island and the Cocos Islands (Keeling), in the Indian Ocean. Animals belong to the group of so-called "spaghetti worms", because of the many tentacles elongated, but they drew attention by displaying ventral structures similar to suction cups. The exact function has not yet been...