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Tiny roundworms carve out unique parasitic niche inside pseudoscorpion's protective covering - EurekAlert


In a parasitic first, a Baltic amber specimen has revealed that millions of years ago tiny worms known as nematodes were living inside of and feeding on the outer protective layer of pseudoscorpions.

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