The 'Mint-Sauce' Worm (<i>Symsagittifera roscoffensis</i>) (IMAGE)
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Self-organizing social behavior in the so-called plant-animal, a 'solar-powered' species of marine flat worm that gains all its energy from the algae within its own body, has been demonstrated by researchers from the University of Bristol, UK. Commonly known as the 'mint-sauce worm' due to its bright-green color, S. roscoffensis is found in shallow water on sheltered sand beaches at certain sites on the Atlantic Coast.
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© Professor Nigel Franks
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