#annelids — Public Fediverse posts

Treasure trove of data: #EuroWorm project!

Species are disappearing at an alarming rate worldwide. Many creatures are threatened with extinction before they have even been identified. To advance the discovery of new species and understanding of global #BioDiversity, researchers are building a comprehensive dataset on European marine worms, accessible for international research: https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/3240.html?id=8086

Congratulations to researchers led by #LeibnizInstitute #BiodiversityChangeAnalysis - with our Uni & #Senckenberg on #LeibnizAssociation funding.

#ResearchCollaboration #OpenScience #Annelids

The genome of an animal, a deep-sea annelid, that grazes on bacterial growing off hot thermal vents in largely anoxic environments at the bottom of the ocean. Great potential for being a treasure trove of new proteins for use in molecular biology.

"Chromosome-scale genome assembly and gene annotation of the hydrothermal vent annelid Alvinella pompejana yield insight into animal evolution in extreme environments", El Hilali et al. 2025
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12915-025-02369-7

#annelids #extremophiles #science #genomics

Scientists share #single_cell #atlas for the highly regenerative #worm, #Pristina leidyi.

#annelids #pluripotency

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-scientists-cell-atlas-highly-regenerative.html

Insights into the #biodiversity of #annelids in the world's largest #DeepSea mineral exploration region https://phys.org/news/2023-09-insights-biodiversity-annelids-world-largest.html

#Checklist of newly-vouchered #annelid taxa from the #ClarionClippertonZone, central #Pacific Ocean, based on morphology and genetic delimitation: Helena Wiklund et al. https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/86921/

"Annelids represent one of the largest group of macroinvertebrates living within the mud covering the sea floor of #CCZ, both in terms of number of individuals and species."

Shaihuludia shurikeni: Study offers glimpse of 500-million-year-old sea #worm named after #Dune monster https://phys.org/news/2023-08-glimpse-million-year-old-sea-worm-dune.html

Annelids from the Cambrian (Wuliuan Stage, Miaolingian) #SpenceShale #Lagerstätte of northern #Utah, USA https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08912963.2023.2196685

"Describing a new species of #Cambrian annelid doesn't happen every day... The new annelid #Shaihuludia shurikeni is especially interesting, as it had some very impressive chaetae, which makes it unique among the Cambrian #annelids."