#IM SORRY TO THE BRACHIOPODS BUT PARBORLASIA CORRUGATUS IS NOT THRIVING IN THE ANTARCTIC BENTHIC ZONE ONLY TO LOOSE | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

tt-squid · 10 months ago

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nemertean propoganda (Parborlasia corrugatus) (theyre so cool)

Taxonomy Tournament: Spiralia

Lingulida. Brachiopods of this order have a long shell and a fleshy stalk with which it burrows into sand/mud. Includes Lingula, the oldest animal genus with species still alive today

Nemertea. This phylum, known as the ribbon worms, is made up of mostly carnivorous worms with a proboscis

#IM SORRY TO THE BRACHIOPODS BUT PARBORLASIA CORRUGATUS IS NOT THRIVING IN THE ANTARCTIC BENTHIC ZONE ONLY TO LOOSE #they secrete mucus!!#<- thats acidic!! 3.5!!#they might even eat fish!!!!#and tgey can get to a length of over 50 cm!!!!#they may or may not have eyes...? (idk i havent finished the paper yet)#they dont have a respiratory system!! they breathe through their skin!! :D #nemerteans in general are some of the simplest animals with #with a circultory system!! how fucking cool is that!!!#rb

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