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All of these creatures were scooped up just off the coast of plymouth. so, youve got two worms here. this one, its almost made these overlapping scales of sandy shell. theyre being collected for an ambitious new project, to sequence the genomes of all life in the british isles. today, scientists are focusing on marine worms, known as polychaetes. its a big task, with hundreds and hundreds of species. and weve got over 100 now, i think 120 odd species of polycha etes collected. it seems like a lo...