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Giant White Tube Worms Are Thriving In Hydrothermal Vent Cavities Beneath The Seafloor Near The Galápagos Islands
However, a deep-sea exploration conducted by Schmidt Ocean Institute last year revealed that giant tube worms live there as ...
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Worms and snails handle the pressure 2,500m below the Pacific surface
The seabed zone was first discovered in the 1970s. But the latest research found tube worms and molluscs that thrive despite water pressure 250 times greater than at the surface and the total ...
Scuba diver spots ‘spaghetti’-like creature — and discovers new species in Bora-Bora
Pat Hutchings, a marine biologist focused on studying marine worms, visited Bora-Bora in 2015 while on vacation and decided ...
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Infographic: Plugged In
Parchment worms (Chaetopterus variopedatus) construct tubes in underwater sediment and constantly pump water through the structures to collect oxygen. Cable bacteria (Desulfobulbaceae) act like ...