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BOOTLACE WORMS

REBECCA WALLINGA AND ALEC O'CONNEL
Photo by Gemma Stiles
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Phylum: Nemertea
Class: Anopla

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SIZE

  • Between 5-10 milimetes meters wide
  • Can be 55 meters long
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LIFE STYLE

  • Live in muddy shores and tide pools
  • Eat smaller worms
  • Reproduce sexually, are gonochoric
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FEATURES

  • Long
  • Slightly purple because of cilia
  • Rectangular head
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FUN FAX

  • Mucus is a neurotoxin
  • Mucus gives off pungent smell
  • One of the longest specimens was 55m long

Rebecca W