Pararosa
| Pararosa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nemertea |
| Class: | Pilidiophora |
| Order: | Heteronemertea |
| Family: | Lineidae |
| Genus: | Pararosa Junoy & Verdes, 2025 |
| Species: | P. vigarae |
| Binomial name | |
| Pararosa vigarae Junoy & Verdes, 2025[1] | |
Pararosa vigarae, the only known species in the genus Pararosa, is a species of ribbon worm in the family Lineidae that was discovered off the coast of Galicia, Spain, in the Ría de Arousa estuary.[2][3] It is nicknamed the "accordion worm" because it can contract its body into ring-like folds like an accordion's bellows.[4][1] The discovery was confirmed using both external features and molecular genetic analysis.[2]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Pararosa vigarae Junoy & Verdes, 2025". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
- 1 2 Verdes, Aida; Gracia-Sancha, Carlota; Pérez-Dieste, Jacinto; Conejero, María; Alvarez Campos, Patricia; Leiva, Carlos; Taboada, Sergi; Riesgo, Ana; Junoy, Juan (2025-05-07). "The accordion worm: a new genus and species of heteronemertean (Nemertea, Pilidiophora) from Galicia (Spain)". Royal Society Open Science. 12 (5) 250313. Bibcode:2025RSOS...1250313V. doi:10.1098/rsos.250313. PMC 12077242. PMID 40370608.
- ↑ Fike, Ashley (2025-05-16). "New Venomous Worm That Folds Like an Accordion Discovered by Divers". VICE. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
- ↑ Mondal, Sanjukta. "Previously unknown accordion worm discovered off the coasts of Spain". phys.org. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
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