This proboscis resembles that of Bonellia " can have a proboscis a metre ( yard ) long.
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The marine worm " Bonellia viridis " has a similar reproductive strategy, although the larvae are planktonic.
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The species " Bonellia viridis ", also remarkable for the possible antibiotic properties of bonellin, the green chemical in its skin, is unusual for its extreme sexual dimorphism.
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In the marine worm ( " Bonellia viridis " ), larvae become males if they make physical contact with a female, and females if they end up on the bare sea floor.
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""'Bonellia viridis " "', the "'green spoonworm "', is a marine worm ( Class Echiura, phylum Annelida ) noted for displaying exceptional sexual dimorphism and for the biocidal properties of a pigment in its skin.