The sea worm Lineus acutifrons, thought to be extinct, has been found in a national park off the shore of Spain. Lineus acutifrons does not actually belong to the genus Lineus: it has too short a tail to be classified there. While this news has been known since July, it's not every day that a species thought extinct turns out to be alive. This is especially heartening to me since the worm is a nemertine, my favorite phylum of worms. It, like most other nemertines, is carnivorous and catches prey with its proboscis.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hr9j4XvPYEznbG58e4mZ1wBOWFow
http://nemerteanconference2009.org/?q=node/76
-Brown Rhino
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