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Teuthidodrilus samae (AKA squidworm), is a genus of marine polychaete worms.

Teuthidodrilus samae (AKA squidworm), is a genus of marine polychaete worms.
Teuthidodrilus samae (AKA squidworm), is a genus of marine polychaete worms.
Teuthidodrilus samae (AKA squidworm), is a genus of marine polychaete worms.
Teuthidodrilus samae (AKA squidworm), is a genus of marine polychaete worms.
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Madin, Laurence P.
Teuthidodrilus samae (AKA squidworm), is a genus of marine polychaete worms.
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Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 54, No. 1, pages 10 & 11:
Squidworm Teuthidodrilus samae Scientists bestowed the nickname “squidworm” on this previously unknown species found by WHOI scientists using a remotely operated vehicle to explore the deep Celebes Sea in 2007. The 4-inch-long creature has tentacles on its head and rows of bundled spines on its body that paddle like oars of a Roman galley.
Used in Oceanus magazine, Vol. 54, No. 1, pg. 1, Features page image.
Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 48, No. 2, inside front cover:
Its a squid! No, its a worm!
Scientists bestowed the nickname "squidworm" on this previously unknown species found by WHOI biologist Larry Madin and colleagues using a remotely operated vehicle to explore the deep Celebes Sea in 2007. The 4-inch-long creature has tentacles on its head and rows of bundled spines on its body that paddle like oars of a Roman galley. In a study published Nov. 24, 2010, in the journal Biology Letters, Madin and Karen Osborne and Greg Rouse of Scripps Institution of Oceanography described the species, which has intermediate features between burrowing and swimming marine worms. The squidworm was one of some 6,000 organisms discovered during the 10-year Census of Marine Life.
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In October 2007, U. S. and Filipino scientists traveled to the Celebes Sea in Southeast Asia, searching for new species living in its deep water. When they discovered this extraordinary worm--which they named "Squidworm"--they knew they had something completely different. WHOI scientist Larry Madin and National Geographic Society photographer Emory Kristof led the expedition, which was supported by the NOAA Office of Exploration, the National Geographic Society, and the WHOI Ocean Life Institute (OLI). See more about the cruise and the unusual creatures they discovered in Oceanus magazine. A television program, "Into the Abyss," featuring the cruise, Madin, and WHOI OLI director Cabell Davis will be shown on March 14, 2009, at 9 p.m. EST on the National Geographic Channel.
Photo by Larry Madin
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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