species of sea worm that sports dozens of regenerative rear ends that detach and swim off during reproduction has been named after a famous character from Godzilla.Ramisyllis kingghidorahi were found living inside sea sponges in Japan in October 2019, and have been named after King Ghidorah.King Ghidorah is a giant three-headed dragon and Godzilla's arch-enemy.
The creature first appeared in the 1964 film Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster and since then has become one of Godzilla's most famous recurring enemies.R.
kingghidorahi have only one head but do have multiple posterior branches that detach and swim to the surface to release eggs or sperm during reproduction.These parts soon die, but the worms remains safely in their hosts and regenerate the lost sections of each branch."King Ghidorah is a branching fictional animal that can regenerate its lost ends.
So we thought this was an appropriate name for the new species of branching worm," lead author Maria Teresa Aguado, an evolutionary biologist specialising in marine invertebrates at the University of Göttingen in Germany, said in a statement.
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