PARIS (AFP) – Scientists unveiled on Wednesday
a gossamer, ghostly creature discovered in the deepest reaches of
the ocean between Indonesia and the Philippines.
The squidworm, up to 9.4 centimetres (3.7 inches) in length, is
far more elegant than its name would suggest.
Swimming upright, it navigates by moving two body-length rows of
thin, paddle-shaped protrusions that cascade like dominoes.
Ten tentacles as long or longer than its body stick out of its
head, along with six pairs of curved nuchal organs that allow the
squidworm to taste and smell underwater.
