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O Tannenworm, O Tannenworm!
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Episode 15 - Naughty Or Nice?
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Supplementary Material and External Links
[Please refer to the show notes for full attribution and licensing information.]

Picture 1 – Assorted Christmas Tree Worms by Nick Hobgood.

Picture 2 – Christmas Tree Worm Anatomy 1. Taken from Brandão, Ivison Cordeiro & Brasil, Ana Claudia dos Santos, 2020.

Picture 3 – Christmas Tree Worm Anatomy 2. Taken from Brandão, Ivison Cordeiro & Brasil, Ana Claudia dos Santos, 2020.

Video 1 – Christmas Tree Worms Fighting Against the Starfish Incursion by NOVA PBS.

Episode Cover – Spirobranchus giganteus by Nick Hobgood. Used under a CC BY-SA 3.0 License, with logo added.

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This episode of the Bio-DIVE-rsity podcast was written and performed by Dane Whicker.

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