![Ribbon worms are known for their proboscis growing rootlike structure that's vomited out which is designed to drag food inside. Ribbon worms are known for their proboscis growing rootlike structure that's vomited out which is designed to drag food inside.](https://external-preview.redd.it/trH8UnQwc9GhsQl7jEVrEcQjeIDEh5pJXlBmALW1bss.png?format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e1fddae98b4bba4ec7a754de0d713f24f86234eb)
Ribbon worms are known for their proboscis growing rootlike structure that's vomited out which is designed to drag food inside.
![A New Genus Of Microsporidian Parasite (Hepatosporidae; Micro-Sporidia) Found In The Oocytes Of Ribbon Worms From The North Pacific Genus Maculaura (Heteronemertea; Nemertea) | bioRxiv A New Genus Of Microsporidian Parasite (Hepatosporidae; Micro-Sporidia) Found In The Oocytes Of Ribbon Worms From The North Pacific Genus Maculaura (Heteronemertea; Nemertea) | bioRxiv](https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2021/04/04/2021.04.04.438387/F1.large.jpg)
A New Genus Of Microsporidian Parasite (Hepatosporidae; Micro-Sporidia) Found In The Oocytes Of Ribbon Worms From The North Pacific Genus Maculaura (Heteronemertea; Nemertea) | bioRxiv
![Ribbon worms have a long thread-like proboscis, which can extend explosively on stimulation, it also contains neurotoxins which can paralyze it's prey. Ribbon worms have a long thread-like proboscis, which can extend explosively on stimulation, it also contains neurotoxins which can paralyze it's prey.](https://external-preview.redd.it/3P0ScHos3RNhmqsIF8DwLkha4cUMqujwVM0zlZtLfo4.png?format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a397bc5d2467c84174dbf0523ff68f6c1eea8da6)