#DeepSeaAdvent (5/25)
Paroriza pallens: a sea-cucumber romance.
Finding a mate is a challenge on sparsely populated abyssal plains. So if you encounter a potential partner, stick with them.
Paroriza pallens record the story of their union in twin tracks inscribed on the mud of the seafloor.
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Paroriza pallens: a sea-cucumber romance.
Finding a mate is a challenge on sparsely populated abyssal plains. So if you encounter a potential partner, stick with them.
Paroriza pallens record the story of their union in twin tracks inscribed on the mud of the seafloor.
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They are also simultaneous hermaphrodites (male gonads of one animal reproducing with the female gonads of another & vice-versa).
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315400037814
...leaving tell-tale "train track" of parallel trails as a record of their encounter and subsequent pairing in the dark abyss.
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