Squidworm (IMAGE)

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Squidworm

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It's a squid! No, it's a worm! Scientists bestowed the nickname 'squidworm' on this previously unknown species found in the twilight zone using a remotely operated vehicle in 2007. The four-inch-long creature has tentacles on its head and rows of bundled spines on its body that paddle like oars of a Roman galley.

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Larry Madin, © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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