Aug 5, 2021
Green spoon worm (Bonellia viridis)
Photo by Ron Greer
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Green spoon worm (Bonellia viridis)
Photo by Ron Greer
Green spoon worm (Metabonellia haswelli)
Photo by John Eichler
Spoon worm (Thalassema thalassema) By: Hervé Chaumeton From: Éditions Rencontre Cards 1978
Green spoon worm (Bonellia viridis) By: Unknown photographer From: The Complete Encyclopedia of the Animal World 1980
Spoon worm (Bonellia sp.) By: W. Deas From: The Complete Encyclopedia of the Animal World 1980
An “Appreciation” Post
This post is mostly a test to see how fast this post can get flagged because of the changes brought under the new Tumblr's guidelines.
These are Echiura, also known as the spoon worm, not something that most people will think when they see them at first glance. Due to the new guidelines, the bots will flag these anyway because they can’t tell what is adult content or not these days.
They are also called the fat innkeeper worm because it is known to dig tunnels where other small marine animals can house themselves in.
I see them often in Korean Fish Markets, usually displayed like this in plastic baskets or buckets submerged in a water tank. The Koreans call them “Gaebul,” Gae = Dog, Bul = The Male Reproductive Part. 😏
They are found in mudflats, dug up by the fishermen with shovels in hopes to catch them.
According to some sites, eating spoon worms will help with hypertension prevention, provide a good source of protein, and is rich in iron for anemia prevention.
Thanks for reading, I had fun writing this to test my experiment on how smart these tumblr bots are. With this, I’m going to sign off Tumblr officially and tread onto newer pastures. Also, I wish you all a “happy holidays!” c:
A Most Illustrious Worm: Ikeda taenioides - I'd like to draw your attention today to a remarkable worm, Ikeda taenioides, whose immense size and bizarre morphology make it unlike anything you are likely to have seen before—a veritable living tape measure of a creature, stuck on its own lonely, idiosyncratic branch of the tree of life. Despite having been
Although they do get one thing backwards - the pigment is named after the worm, not the other way around