Originally published at: Eulagisca Gigantea is as big as a squirrel and looks like an Evil Alien Christmas Ornament | Boing Boing
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Pedantic amateur taxonomist here: The species epithet (Gigantea) shouldn’t be capitalized.
Cool worm tho.
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If we are going to be pedantic, it should also be italicized. I mean, if your gonna go there, might as well go all in.
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Time to go to the craft store for some gold garland and white scaley stuff and then repurpose my staple remover.
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I agree with you, but the battle over italicisation of Linnaen names in forums meant for the general public (e.g. twitter) was lost a long time ago. Capitalisation is all we have left.
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I love it. It looks like something from the Burgess Shale Cambrian Explosion fossils.
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Can one eat this creature from deep?
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Technically, the answer to that is always yes. Enjoyment and survival are not assured.
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“I’ve never seen this animal before, don’t know what it is… but I’m going to touch it anyways…”
Cut to wide open eyes and air bubbles, muffled screaming… fade to black , bring up movie titles.
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Ah, but is this not the whole point of pedantry? Against ignorance the gods themselves strive in vain! Once more, into the dear friends! And so on.
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Wait, wait…so this thing is alive NOW? In this timeline?!
Ahhhhhhhhh…ahhhhhhhhhh… (gasp)…ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
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I remember tearing up a character from the Aliens movie for messing with an alien snake. Guess thats what these guys just do. When it breaks your arm and plunges down your throat, remember I told you so.
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Is your username because you dive? If so, stay out of the Antarctic ocean!
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I bring this up all the time when discussing Alien. Remember, Ripley tried to keep the idiot who messed with the creature from re-entering the ship, but noooo…
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Whenever I (all too often) come across Homo Sapien in print, my golden bristles bristle. 
Even better. It’s from The Future!
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It is, and happily I had already planned to stay out of icy water of all kind (because damn, it’s cold!). If they find some of these in the tropics, though… :shudder:
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That scale worm looks like it’s fixing to sing the piano bar crowd a couple of Liza Minnelli covers with a voice that’s still strong though starting to buckle under from the Virginia Slims.
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What about bristle worms like the bobbit worm.
Those look scarier to me…
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Why did I click on those?! Nightmare fuel, indeed. That bristle worm almost never ends!
The closest I’ve come is a bearded fireworm, and I was wearing gloves (luckily) when I brushed it off a buddy’s shoulder. THEN I learned what it was, and now I’m careful not to brush against anything when I’m exploring a wreck or overhang area.
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