The average scale worm trudges along the seafloor like a tiny armored tank. The worm’s overlapping scales shield its backside from predators, while bristled appendages help it scuttle through ...

One of the new Peinaleopolynoe worms is named after Elvis because its iridescent scales look like costume sequins. Newly discovered 'glitter worms' dance and fight one another underwater - CNET X ...

Researchers have identified four new species of deep-sea "worms" that feature spectacular iridescent scales on their back. A team from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of ...

Scale worm, Pelagomacellicephala iliffei, was first discovered by Thomas M. Iliffe in 1982. A dislodged scale can be seen above the animal.

Scale worms are found in every ocean, from low tidal areas to deep seas. They are characterized by the scale-like structures on their backs, and nearly half of them are symbiotic, ...

A scale worm (Lepidonotus squamatus) fluorescing under ultraviolet light. Alexander Semenov The National Museum of Natural History safeguards millions of organisms ranging from mosses to mammoths.

Food, shelter and running water pumped by the innkeeper worm attracts pea crabs, scale worms and others. “Some, like the arrow goby, check in and out quickly; others, ...