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But truth be told, this little guy, Nereis virens, has a fang-like jaw that, in addition to helping it burrow into sediment, could serve as a model for a new class of super-strong, lightweight materials.
Material World: New materials Tracy Staedter 2008
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But truth be told, this little guy, Nereis virens, has a fang-like jaw that, in addition to helping it burrow into sediment, could serve as a model for a new class of super-strong, lightweight materials.
Material World: Marine Worm Jaws Inspire New Aerospace Materials Tracy Staedter 2008
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But truth be told, this little guy, Nereis virens, has a fang-like jaw that, in addition to helping it burrow into sediment, could serve as a model for a new class of super-strong, lightweight materials.
Material World: July 2008 Tracy Staedter 2008
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Similar pressure-experiments were carried out on the frog by O. Hertwig, [496] and on _Nereis_ by E.B. Wilson, [497] with analogous results.
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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"On breaking into the block, boring shells of several species pierced it in all directions, many still containing their inhabitants; while two or three _Nereis_ lay twisted in and out among its hollows and recesses, in which, likewise, were three small species of crabs."
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. Various
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Large numbers of marine worms of the genus _Nereis_, which prey upon oysters, are eaten by shorebirds.
Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation William Temple Hornaday 1895
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Among the Annelid worms a species of _Nereis_, or sea-centipedes, has earned by its phosphorescent property the specific name of _noctiluca_
Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky Various 1880
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A _Nereis_ was found swimming on the surface of the water in the middle of the bay, which measured two feet in length, and one inch in thickness; the appendages at its sides resemble round leaves.
A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2 Otto von Kotzebue 1816
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Nereis marine worm, for instance, contain both copper and zinc.
Scientific American 2009
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Nereis virens Antp sequences, one Xlox sequence from Capitella sp., one Xlox sequence from Euprymna scolopes and one Mox sequence from In this study, we have chosen an outgroup including all Antp non-Hox / ParaHox sequences known from the included species.
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