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Sphaerephesia amphorata
Sphaerephesia amphorata
Description New species “Sphaerephesia amphorata” is covered with elongated macrotubercles having the characteristic shape of amphora, the pottery vases used since the Bronze Age by the Greco-Romans to transport liquids.

Source: http://insider.si.edu/2016/10/surface-bizarre-marine-worms Author Capaccioni Azzati, Romana Juliana JPG file - 49.53 kB - 630 x 528 pixels added on 2016-10-10333 viewsPolychaeta taxaMicroscope Sphaerephesia amphorata Capa, Osborn & Bakken, 2016 Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License
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