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Xenoturbella: The Deep-Sea Animal With No Brain, No Gut, No Explanation

March 18, 2026 by Dr. Marcus Reid
Deep-sea Xenoturbella bocki specimen illustrating its simple body plan and mysterious evolutionary origins

Xenoturbella is a flatworm-like sea creature with no brain, no gut lining, no gonads, and no obvious evolutionary relatives. Read the biology and why it confounds evolutionary biologists.

Categories Uncategorized Tags acoelomorpha, animal evolution, deep sea biology, evolution, flatworm, marine biology, phylogenetics, Xenoturbella Leave a comment

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