FLYING BUTTOCKS (Chaetopterus pugaporcinus)Osborn, K. 2006. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Ins
FLYING BUTTOCKS (Chaetopterus pugaporcinus)Osborn, K. 2006. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research InstituteYeah. I don’t really know what to say either.The flying buttocks is a species of bristle worm (Polychaeta) so called because, well, it looks like a bum. Floating around. It’s also known by the equally descriptive vernacular ‘pigbutt worm’ and you’ll know why if you’ve ever seen the rear end of one. Even the binomen Chaetopterus pugaporcinus can be roughly translated to ‘(chaetopterid worm) that looks like a pig’s rear’. I give up. -- source link
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