The mysterious crystalline tentacles of snails

 

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Upphovsman: Monge-Nájera, Julián
Materialtyp: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Utgivningstid:2020
Beskrivning:200 years ago, an Estonian zoologist described a strange worm that lived on the skin of freshwater snails. No one knew what it was doing there, and after 200 years, the answer is that it may be a protector of the snail, that it may be a parasite, or maybe both. It is important to me because I got to know these worms in person when I did my first scientific study almost four decades ago. They looked like dozens of liquid crystal tentacles protruding from the snail.  
Land:Portal de Revistas UCR
Organisation:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
OAI Identifier:oai:archivo.portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/51637
Länkar:https://archivo.revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/51637