michaelMay 30, 2025

28-May-2025
A hundred species, mostly new—first assessment of #ribbonWorm diversity and distribution in #Oman

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1085300 #science #biodiversity #ecology #newSpecies

A hundred species, mostly new—first assessment of ribbon worm diversity and distribution in Oman

A survey of Oman's marine waters has revealed over 100 species of ribbon worms (Nemertea), marking the first systematic study of these marine predators in Arabian waters.

EurekAlert!
Ele Willoughby, PhDApr 3, 2024

April is worm month for #InsertAnInvert2024 so I have busily been printing some worms. They are a great deal more varied than those you might know from your garden & the oceans are home to many weird & wonderful worms.

The first prompt is “long, no limbs” and I have made a linocut of the six-lined ribbon worm (Tubulanus sexlineatus). It is dark brown with 5 narrow, (sometimes discontinuous) longitudinal, 🧵1/

#linocut #printmaking #worm #sciart #invertebrate #MastoArt #RibbonWorm #wildlifeArt

Matt WillemsenDec 28, 2023
Does Video Show Ribbon Worm, 'Spitting a Living, Tree-Like Proboscis to Hunt Its Prey'?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ribbon-worm-video/ #RibbonWorm #Proboscis #Hunt #Prey #yoiks
Does Video Show Ribbon Worm, 'Spitting a Living, Tree-Like Proboscis to Hunt Its Prey'?

Social media users described the critter as disgusting, creepy, and alien-like.

Snopes
@Om*Apr 20, 2017

ribbon worm squirt...

#ribbonworm #squirt #lefthand #animatedgif