Small marine animal/ciliate collected from sand in south Florida. The ventral side has cilia and there seems to be some type of mouth. Any idea what it could be?
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k_h_e_l@reddit
Platyhelminthes? Shape reminds me of turbellaria.
octocoral@reddit
A gastrotrich, perhaps.
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