Riftia - Wikipedia
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 …
See the giant ‘sea worm’ filmed off the coast of New Zealand
2019年2月20日 · It was a 26-foot long translucent worm-like creature that looked like a giant wind sock. It was a pyrosome—big enough for him to swim through—and he’d been looking forward …
Giant Tube Worm (Riftia pachyptila) - Ocean Info
Giant tubeworms are the fastest-growing marine invertebrates. Conservation Status: Not Determined. Habitat: Pacific Ocean around hydrothermal vents. Living in the deep ocean are …
Giant tube worms found living beneath the ocean’s floor | CNN
2024年10月16日 · Scientists have uncovered communities of animals such as tube worms and snails living in volcanic caves beneath the seafloor, revealing a previously unknown but …
Giant tubeworm • MBARI
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 …
Giant Tube Worm - Deep Sea Creatures on Sea and Sky
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. …
Ghostly white giant worms appear to be reproducing under the …
2024年10月15日 · Researchers have discovered enormous tube worms and other creatures thriving in cavities beneath the seafloor on the East Pacific Rise, an ocean ridge near the …
Strange Ecosystem Found Thriving below Seafloor Hydrothermal …
2023年8月9日 · Some of these bacteria reside inside the elongated bodies of giant tube worms (Riftia pachyptila). These worms, whose exposed bright-red, feathery gills make them look like …
Divers Encounter 26-Feet-Long Giant Sea Worms That’s
2021年7月4日 · Back in 2019, two divers off the coast of New Zealand found a giant floating creature that resembled a worm. Measuring some 26 feet long, it was pink and slightly …
Giant worm from the deep sea - Woods Hole Oceanographic …
MIT/WHOI Joint Program student Kate Buckman stands in front of the submersible Alvin, holding the iconic animal from undersea hydrothermal vents: a giant tubeworm (Riftia pachyptila.) The …