{"id":355691,"date":"2026-02-09T16:41:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T11:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=355691"},"modified":"2026-02-09T16:41:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T11:11:25","slug":"new-marine-worm-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/new-marine-worm-species\/","title":{"rendered":"New Marine Worm Species"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News<\/strong>&#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Researchers from the Zoological Survey of India discovered two new marine worm species along the polluted coastline of West Bengal. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These worms are \u201c<em>bio-warriors<\/em>\u201d that survive in extreme conditions where most life cannot, highlighting the delicate and often unseen biodiversity along India\u2019s northern coasts.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_355692\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-355692\" style=\"width: 303px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-355692\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/New-Marine-Worm-Species.png?resize=303%2C247&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"New Marine Worm Species\" width=\"303\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/New-Marine-Worm-Species.png?w=452&amp;ssl=1 452w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/New-Marine-Worm-Species.png?resize=300%2C245&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-355692\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source- IE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>About New Marine Worm Species<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Researchers discovered two new polychaete marine worm species that reveal hidden and resilient biodiversity along <\/span><b>India\u2019s northern Bay of Bengal coast.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Location: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The discovery was made in <\/span><b>the Digha and Bankiput <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">regions of Purba <\/span><b>Medinipur district in West Bengal.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Discovery by: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The discovery was made by researchers from the Zoological Survey of India in collaboration with international experts.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>About <\/b><b><i>Namalycastis solenotognatha<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Naming:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Its name is derived from the Greek words <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">solenotos<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (channeled) and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gnatha<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (jaw), referring to its unique jaw structure.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Habitat:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It survives in extreme, sulfide-rich, foul-smelling mudflats and is found on decomposing mangrove wood and hardened clay.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Key features:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It has an unusual channeled jaw with many canals emerging from the pulp cavity.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>About <\/b><b><i>Nereis dhritiae<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Naming:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The species is named <\/span><b>after Dhriti Banerjee, the first woman director of the Zoological Survey of India.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Habitat:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It lives inside wooden dock piles on sandy beaches that remain submerged during high tide.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Key features:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The species shows strong resilience by surviving in heavily polluted and human-impacted coastal areas.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News&#8211; Researchers from the Zoological Survey of India discovered two new marine worm species along the polluted coastline of West Bengal. These worms are \u201cbio-warriors\u201d that survive in extreme conditions where most life cannot, highlighting the delicate and often unseen biodiversity along India\u2019s northern coasts. About New Marine Worm Species Researchers discovered two new polychaete&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/new-marine-worm-species\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New Marine Worm Species<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,12039,11834],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-355691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-knolls","category-species-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355691\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}