Sentences with phrase «velvet worms»

But these new fossils, which range from a few centimeters to 30 centimeters long, had a tiny, unsegmented brain, akin to what's seen in modern velvet worms, researchers report today in Nature Communications.

Harvestman vs Velvet Worm.

Further analysis revealed that some aspects of the nervous system in C. kunmingensis appear to be structured similar to that of modern priapulids (penis worms) and onychophorans (velvet worms), with regularly - spaced nerves coming out from the ventral nerve cord.

The eyes, indicated by shiny spots in the fossil's small head, appear to be duplicated versions of the small, simple eyes seen today in soft, primitive arthropods called water bears and velvet worms.

Over his 35 - year career, the neurobiologist at the University of Arizona at Tucson has probed the minute brain structures of cockroaches, water bugs, velvet worms, brine shrimp, and dozens of other invertebrates.

Small insects beware: velvet worms are on the hunt, and have a unique method of persuading you to stay for dinner

«Lens of Time: Velvet Worms — Secret of the Slime» was first published on bioGraphic © 2016, California Academy of Sciences.

Spider - Man has nothing on the velvet worm.