How to Use ribbon worm in a Sentence

ribbon worm

noun
  • The ribbon worms detect chemical signals from their environment to find food.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The ribbon worm, a predator marked by striking pigmentation, was discovered close to the surface, between depths of 3 and 16 feet.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 19 May 2026
  • The fish are likely protecting against ribbon worms, or Parborlasia corrugata, a type of nemertean, observed living in the vicinity.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The species found included 33 molluscs, 23 annelids, 11 arthropods, five ribbon worms, four echinoderms, three cnidarians, and one bryozoan.
    — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Most of the roughly 1,300 species of ribbon worms are just a few millimeters wide and can be quite long—one species, Lineus longissimus, can measure up to 55 meters, or twice the average length of a blue whale.
    — Marina Wang, Scientific American, 19 Jan. 2026
  • The species documented included 33 molluscs, 23 annelids, 11 arthropods, five ribbon worms, four echinoderms, three cnidarians, and one bryozoan — spanning multiple branches of the animal kingdom.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Species documented in the Nankai Trough included 33 molluscs, 23 annelids, 11 arthropods, five ribbon worms, four echinoderms, three cnidarians, and one bryozoan — mollusks, worms, crustaceans, starfish relatives, and more, thriving in a place scientists barely knew anything about.
    — Ryan Brennan march 11, Kansas City Star, 11 Mar. 2026

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