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Microplastics shortened worms' lives, disrupted reproduction, and carried toxins into their bodies
The long-term meaning of that widespread exposure for human health is still much less certain.
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Scientists have uncovered the genetic underpinnings of one of the ocean's most bizarre animals: a branching marine worm named Ramisyllis kingghidorahi that lives inside sea sponges and reproduces in a ...
Scientists have uncovered the genetic underpinnings of one of the ocean’s most bizzare animals: a branching marine worm named Ramisyllis kingghidorahi that lives inside sea sponges and reproduces in a ...
Some segmented sea worms like the syllid worm go through a reproductive process called stolonization. The stolon is the worm’s posterior organ and it is full of eggs or sperm depending on the worm’s ...
Male stolen (right hand side): one of the independent reproductive units – growing at the tip of a branch of the worm’s body. It has sprouted eyes and will go swimming free to find a stolon of the ...
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