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Tubeworm shells

Description:

Unlike most other animals, a tubeworm lacks a mouth, gut and anus. Instead, it gets its food from millions of microbes living inside it (a bit like a plant gets its food from the choloroplasts which give it its green color). The tubeworm's body reflects the symbiotic (living together) relationship it has with its microbes:

Habitat:

Isabela, Galapagos

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KarenL
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KarenL

Parroquia Huaquillas, Provincia de El Oro, Ecuador

Spotted on Nov 27, 2012
Submitted on Dec 22, 2012

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