Five years ago, while snorkeling in theĀ U.S. Virgin Islands , Nancy Prentiss spied and unfamiliar worm. After much research, collaboration and DNA testing, she’s been able to confirm Turbocavus secretus is indeed a new species of fanworm! Prentiss teaches biology at the University of Maine, Farmington. She received her master’s degree in zoology from the read more Prentiss discovers new fanworm species