ragworm

/ ˈræɡˌwɜːm /

noun

1. US name: clamworm. any polychaete worm of the genus Nereis , living chiefly in burrows in sand or mud and having a flattened body with a row of fleshy parapodia along each side

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Following their successful collection, the team used the specimens to conduct anatomical analysis and to study the worm's DNA to establish its evolutionary relationships within the ragworm family.

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Many species of ragworm also have two distinct life stages: atoke and epitoke.

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The marine ragworm Platynereis dumerilii uses one such InvC-opsin in simple ciliary photoreceptors in the brains of their larvae, possibly for sensing ambient light levels.

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Signature video Eating Huge Ragworm, in which Louis tries to eat three vicious ragworms and they try to eat him back, biting him as he stuffs them into his mouth.

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The brain of the ragworm Platynereis dunerlii, a protostome, was found to contain C-opsins.

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