Talk:Bispira volutacornis

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 01:50, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

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• ... that the worm Bispira volutacornis is sometimes parasitised by a copepod, several of which may move around among the feathery plumes?

• Reviewed: Charles Reid (Indian Army officer)

5x expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 08:35, 13 July 2021 (UTC).

Article: While the nomination states that the readable prose has been expanded on a fivefold (nominated on July 13, 2021), a quick view at the history page reveals that it was expanded from 2,000 bytes to 4,000 bytes (article originally created in 2016). The hook was interesting and the source reliable. But the article needs some further work previous to a new DYK nomination.

@GDuwen: You need to use the page count tool; I think you will find that the version of 27 February 2021, before I started expanding the article, was 374 characters, while the present length is 2014 characters, a fivefold expansion. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:08, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

@Cwmhiraeth: I did use the tool, and it returned a negative result. So I went to the history page to check the size of the article (since I don't trust tools 100%). Yet, as you especified, I did not verify the character count. And the character count does surpass the 1,715 that a fivefold would entail. So, my bad there.--GDuwenHoller! 15:05, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

Hook: As I commented above, I've found it interesting enough to review it (not doing really a good job out of it with my first comment)

QPQ: Y

Good to go. I'll make sure I'll double-check the character count next time for sure.--GDuwenHoller! 15:05, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

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Bispira volutacornis, sometimes known as the twin fan worm or spiral fan worm, is a type of tube worm found in the shallow sublittoral zone of the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It grows in crevices and in stony areas and prefers areas rich in sediment but with low levels of illumination. It has a parchment-like tube with a mucoid outer layer that is often coated with mud or silt. The tube is usually concealed in a crevice and the worm can retract into the tube when disturbed. It feeds on plankton which it captures with its plumes. It also uses the plumes to gather sediment with which to expand the tube. This B. volutavornis worm was photographed in Arrábida Natural Park, Portugal.

Photograph credit: Diego Delso

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