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 These videos are of organisms found in sludge water taken from the Baylands near Stanford. The water was teeming with life, including this roundworm. At first, we identified it as a polychaete, a type of annelid worm. However, upon further inspection, we have concluded that it is most likely a nematode.
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 Annelids tend to have larger bodies than nematodes but without a comparison, we have to use other discrepancies to determine the type of worm. Nematodes like the one in the video have tapered ends are not segmented, unlike the untapered, segmented annelid.
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 <video alt="video-1494566021.mp4" class="wp-video-shortcode gcloudimg" controls="controls" height="576" id="video-24994-2" preload="metadata" width="320">
  <source alt="video-1494566038.mp4" class="gcloudimg" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_24994/video-1494566038.mp4" type="video/mp4"/>
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   https://microcosmos.foldscope.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/video-1494566038.mp4
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 </video>
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 It was really cool to see the life in the water, especially getting to see what I would guess was the same nematode twice!
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Bayland Sludge Nematode #BIO60

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