http://cephalopodcast.com/blog/2007/04/26/oregon-man-finds-7-foot-worm-in-his-reef-tank/ science edu + ocean info / gelatinous for the masses Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:36:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://cephalopodcast.com/blog/2007/04/26/oregon-man-finds-7-foot-worm-in-his-reef-tank/#comment-61450 Jason R Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:38:26 +0000 http://cephalopodcast.com/blog/2007/04/26/oregon-man-finds-7-foot-worm-in-his-reef-tank/#comment-61450 Mark H covers a similar find in this Marine Life Series entry: <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/12/11/175044/88/254/672001" rel="nofollow">A Worm Named Eunice</a>. Mark H covers a similar find in this Marine Life Series entry: A Worm Named Eunice.

]]> http://cephalopodcast.com/blog/2007/04/26/oregon-man-finds-7-foot-worm-in-his-reef-tank/#comment-10107 Jason Mon, 30 Apr 2007 04:29:47 +0000 http://cephalopodcast.com/blog/2007/04/26/oregon-man-finds-7-foot-worm-in-his-reef-tank/#comment-10107 Well, if I thought this Eunicid worm was long, that was before I found out that the boot lace nemertean worms (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lineus_longissimus" rel="nofollow">Lineus longissimus</a>) can grow in excess of 30 meters (that's ~98 feet)! <a href="http://www.smugmug.com/community/marineLife/keyword/underwater+photography#125544911" rel="nofollow">Pictures don't </a><a href="http://www.nhc.ed.ac.uk/index.php?page=24.25.312.335.378" rel="nofollow">do it</a> justice. Well, if I thought this Eunicid worm was long, that was before I found out that the boot lace nemertean worms (Lineus longissimus) can grow in excess of 30 meters (that’s ~98 feet)! Pictures don’t do it justice.

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