Worm-like Molluscs (IMAGE)

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Worm-like Molluscs

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Aplacophorans are wormlike molluscs that live partially buried in the seabed. Simrothiella n.sp. is a to-date undescribed species that has been found in great numbers in Rijpfjorden on Svalbard.

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Photo: Christiane Todt, University Museum of Bergen

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