The bottle cap and its polychaete worm inhabitant (IMAGE)

Nagoya University

The bottle cap and its polychaete worm inhabitant

Caption

3.5 cm plastic bottle cap that formed a floating micro-ecosystem. (A) Exterior view of the cap with a ruler for scale. (B, C) Interior filled with the tube of a polychaete worm and diverse attached organisms. (D) Rear view. (E, F) The polychaete worm Eunice bipapillata, which built the tube structure that supported the small ecosystem.

Credit

Jimi et al., 2026

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