Strange Phallus-Shaped Creature Provides Crucial Missing Link (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

University of Montreal

Strange Phallus-Shaped Creature Provides Crucial Missing Link (1 of 2)

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Two individuals of Harrimania planktophilus, a modern enteropneust (harrimaniid) worm. This proboscis is to the left. The total length of a relaxed and uncoiled animal is approximately 32 mm.

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Photo: C.B. Cameron, Université de Montréal

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