Fireworms like Pherecardia striata may look fluffy and cuddly, but those tufts – called chaetae – are covered in toxins that cause burning pain if touched! But don’t worry, if burning love is not your style, there’s a whole world of marine polychaetes ready to worm their way into your heart!
Click through the gallery and links below to find a wiggly friend for yourself.
From describing new worm species that move like flying carpets to better understanding the relationship between worms living inside of… worms, this is just a small snapshot of the research happening in the Marine Invertebrates II section at the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt.
Senckenberg’s wormy research couldn’t happen without the section head, Dr. Ekin Tilic. Dig into his latest research and witness some pretty stunning specimens here.
Find more marine worms – and marine invertebrates in general – that are sure to worm their way into your heart on SOSA’s Instagram!
Research on all types of marine worms is happening at the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, in the Marine invertebrates II section, led by Dr. Ekin Tilic.
