Barefoot beachgoers in Texas are being warned of a spiky new menace lurking underfoot – venomous sea worms. Known as bristle worms, or marine polychaetes, the prickly creatures are rarely seen ...

Meet Hallucigenia, a spiky worm from over half a billion years ago that defied the rules of nature and forced us to rethink the story of life on Earth. Its discovery shook the scientific world ...

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Of the 90 lobsters, nearly 88% had either nemertean worms or worm cysts and egg masses. Embryo mortality, indicated by empty capsules and dead embryos, ranged between 0% and 43.81% in infected ...

Acanthocephala — commonly known as thorny-headed or spiny-headed worms — comprises a highly specialized group of internal parasites that have an eversible proboscis (an extendable and ...

Among them are flatworms, roundworms, and thorny-headed worms (spiny-headed worms). The risk of parasitic worm infection is higher in rural or developing regions. The risk is also greater in ...

Some researchers refer to them as "hair worms." Karen Osborn Squirming throughout ... her lab serves as the museum’s research hub on these spiny critters. This World Polychaete Day, Meet a ...

An animal that could be mistaken for a spiky fruit is giving scientists a ... to those found in the exoskeletons of extinct and living worms and brachiopods, suggesting a common origin.