New nemertean species found in Panama represents the first of its genus from the Caribbean

As Natsumi Hookabe snorkeled around Panama’s Bocas del Toro archipelago, during the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute’s Training in Tropical Taxonomy program, she encountered an unusual ribbon worm or nemertean: large and dark colored, with numerous pale spots. It was her first field trip outside of Japan, so she wondered if it was a rare species or just one that she had never seen before.


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Source: Phys.org