#stenostomum

[adelicateculturecell]

"And this is just scratching the surface of the biological intricacy flatworms are capable of... Even the many weird ways they move make the work "whiggle" feel reductive."

Journey to the Microcosmos- Flatworms: Simple Wiggly Tubes

Images Originally Captured by Jam’s Germs

Stylaria lacustris 630x, Stylaria lacustris 230x, Stenostomum 200x, Microstomum 200x, Rhabdocoela 630x, Nematode 200x

[adelicateculturecell]

"What are worms, other than wiggly, self-mating tubes? While we generally use the word "worm" to describe many different, unrelated, invertebrate, tubular animals that belong to a number of different phyla...."

Journey to the Microcosmos- Flatworms: Simple Wiggly Tubes 

Images Originally Captured by Jam’s Germs

Stenostomum 200x, Dalyellia 200x, Nematode 400x, Rhabdocoela 200x, Flatworm 200x, Stylaria lacustris 630x

[adelicateculturecell]

"This has a few consequences for the flatworm, but one of the biggest ones is that this area can't support the development of specialized systems that you see in other animals. The lack of coelom imposes limits on the flatworm's body and lifestyle, reducing both its complexity and size. But that does not mean the flatworm lives a simple life."

Journey to the Microcosmos- Flatworms: Simple Wiggly Tubes

Images Originally Captured by Jam’s Germs

[absolutegravityman]

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