Riftia pachyptila, commonly known as the giant tube worm and less commonly known as the giant beardworm, is a marine invertebrate in the phylum Annelida [1] (formerly grouped in phylum …

A large marine worm, Parborlasia corrugatus lives at depths of up to 3,590 m (11,780 ft) in the ocean around Antarctica. Any worm that lives in a marine environment is considered a water …

These deep-sea photographs show a variety of broad-collared enteropneusts or acorn worms. These wormlike animals make spiral tracks on the sea floor. All the species shown here are …

2024年3月6日 · A live male specimen of the new species of deep-sea worm, named Pectinereis strickrotti after the lead Alvin pilot, Bruce Strickrott of WHOI who helped discover it. Its feathery …

2024年3月6日 · Greg Rouse, a marine biologist at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and other researchers have discovered a new species of deep-sea worm …

2024年3月6日 · Now, scientists have discovered a new species of deep-sea worm. It was found about 30 miles off of Costa Rica’s Pacific coast in an underwater methane seep. Pectinereis …

Pogonophorans: Pogonophorans, or beard worms, are tube-dwelling worms that live in deep-sea environments, particularly near hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. They have no mouth or …

2025年3月25日 · Also found on a submarine canyon floor: a deep-sea worm sometimes called a "disco worm," but scientifically known as a polychaete (which means “many bristles”), glittering …

The giant tube worm, also known as Riftia pachyptila, was totally unknown to science until researchers exploring the deep Pacific Ocean floor discovered strange, hydrothermal vents. …

The world’s heaviest worms thrive in an extreme environment. Towering colonies of giant tubeworms (Riftia pachyptila) grow where hot, mineral-laden water flows out of the deep …