A species of subaqueous worm unseen for decades has reappeared. LiveScience reports that what was previously the one and only specimen of a type of acorn worm, the Glandiceps abyssicola, was lost to a bombing in World War II. That was the last it was seen of until 2009, when a small, yellow fragment was found in a sample of sediment gathered from the Atlantic Ocean in equatorial South America. Researchers led from UC San Diego have since performed a genetic study on the sample, and in a paper published last month revealed that it came the from the body of a Glandiceps abyssicola worm — making it seemingly the second one ever found and identified.
The Glandiceps abyssicola likely hasn't been seen for decades because of its fragile...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/27/4664770/lost-acorn-worm-found-atlantic-ocean-after-decades
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