“The material described herein was found during a freezer clean up: in a pudding of old ice and forgotten Eppendorf tubes, a ...

“To describe this polychaete [a type of segmented marine worm], one simply must use jazz hands — it is the only way to capture this deep-sea worm’s dazzle!” they wrote. Accompanying ...

By examining how marine ecosystems respond to these changes ... We are also combining this information with detailed taxonomic study to discover new species of polychaete worms. Research Assistant ...

The “lost and found” animal was a marine worm called a polychaete, according to the study. However, a few key features set the worm apart from previously described species. The holotype ...