Adult acorn worm (Saccoglossus kowalevskii) (IMAGE)

Marine Biological Laboratory

Adult acorn worm (Saccoglossus kowalevskii)

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The acorn worm (Saccoglossus kowalevskii) is an important research organism in evolutionary developmental biology and is collected in Woods Hole. Its eggs are very fragile and they typically don’t develop properly after microinjection.

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Chris Lowe

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