Plazi SpeciesJun 6, 2025

#NewSpecies!
New necklace worm from #japan just surfaced:

Paraopisthosyllis rufa

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038A9201-E412-FFD6-FF7E-8EB4725D5193
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5632.1.3
#Zootaxa #ParaopisthosyllisRufa

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Plazi SpeciesJan 2, 2025

#NewSpecies!
New marine worm from #thailand just surfaced:

Sigambra sirilukae

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/C83887DD-FFBD-8748-E5C3-8DCBFD27938E
Publication: http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5555.1.1
#Zootaxa #SigambraSirilukae

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Sigambra sirilukae Plathong, Plathong, Klangnurak & Dean, 2024, sp. nov. - Plazi TreatmentBank

Plazi SpeciesDec 6, 2024

#NewSpecies!
New marine worm from #kuwait just surfaced:

Polydora mohammadi

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/2132ECD6-381C-4010-898B-15E84F2B0A9F
Publication: http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5529.2.2
#Zootaxa #PolydoraMohammadi

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Polydora mohammadi Radashevsky, Al-Kandari, Malyar & Pankova, 2024, sp. nov. - Plazi TreatmentBank

Matt WillemsenDec 20, 2023
How This Marine Worm Can Tell Moonglow From Sunbeams
https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-this-marine-worm-can-tell-moonglow-from-sunbeams-20231219/ #MarineWorm #Moonglow #Sunbeams #protein #lunarphases #synchronize #circadianclocks #cryptochromes #dimers
How This Marine Worm Can Tell Moonglow From Sunbeams | Quanta Magazine

For the first time, scientists have decoded the molecular structure of a protein that helps to sync a biological clock to the phases of the moon.

Quanta Magazine