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Praxillura maculata (Windmill Worm)
Scientific name: Praxillura maculata

Taxonomy: Kingdom Animalia → Phylum Annelida → Class Polychaeta → Subclass Sedentaria → Infraclass Scolecida → Family Maldanidae → Subfamily Lumbriclymeninae → Genus Praxillura

Common name: Windmill Worm
Locations: Eastern Pacific
Group: Marine LifeInvertebratesTube Worms

The windmill worm spreads out strands of mucus attached to its arms, waits for food to get trapped in the mucus, then eats the mucus. So, it's an animal which more or less survives by eating its own boogers.

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Praxillura maculata (Windmill Worm)
Praxillura maculata (Windmill Worm)
Praxillura maculata (Windmill Worm)
Praxillura maculata (Windmill Worm)
Praxillura maculata (Windmill Worm)
Praxillura maculata (Windmill Worm)
Praxillura maculata (Windmill Worm)
Praxillura maculata (Windmill Worm)
Praxillura maculata (Windmill Worm)
Praxillura maculata (Windmill Worm)
Praxillura maculata (Windmill Worm)
Praxillura maculata (Windmill Worm)
Praxillura maculata (Windmill Worm)
Praxillura maculata (Windmill Worm)
Praxillura maculata (Windmill Worm)
Praxillura maculata (Windmill Worm)
Praxillura maculata (Windmill Worm)
Worms out feeding on their mucus nets
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