#ramisyllis multicaudata

[nimalings]

#073: Tellurey

Deep underground, these massive electric creatures travel the whole width of the planet! Since they're so long, they're bound to converge, and every time they do, a node is created where their bodies meet. This grants them all the ability to sense and fully understand what's happening above the surface, essentially becoming one single clairvoyant body. They are constantly crisscrossing each other across the globe to monitor the health of the planet, and more often to just stay updated on whatever's going on up there!

Inspired by Telluric Currents, Ley Lines & the worm Ramisyllis multicaudata !

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Meet the marine worm with 100 butts that can each grow eyes and a brain

Small fraction of a single living specimen of Ramisyllis multicaudata, dissected out of its host sponge and seen through the stereomicroscope.

(Image credit: Guillermo Ponz‐Segrelles/M. Teresa Aguado/Christopher J. Glasby)

[crazyskirtlady]

𝐽𝑦𝑜𝑑𝑎ℎ𝑠

[[[Evoking seal of the Grey Demon]]]

"Four-armed you seek to touch all, to know..."

"All-seeing you sense beneath the skin, & speak to the blood..."

[brudnopis]

Branching worm with dividing internal organs growing in sea sponge

The marine worm Ramisyllis multicaudata, which lives within the internal canals of a sponge, is one of only two such species possessing a branching body, with one head and multiple posterior ends. An international research team led by the Universities of Göttingen and Madrid is the first to describe the internal anatomy of this intriguing animal. The researchers discovered that the complex body of this worm spreads extensively in the canals of their host sponges. In addition, they describe the anatomical details and nervous system of its unusual reproductive units, the stolons, which form their own brain when detached for fertilization, allowing them to navigate their environment. The results were published in the Journal of Morphology.