Sentences with phrase «giant tubeworms»

In organized communities around the bases of these vents, called black smokers, scientists found clams, crabs and exotic, giant tubeworms measuring 6 feet (2 meters) long.

The discovery gives wider insights into future research on the mechanisms of symbiosis in other marine organisms such as giant tubeworms and giant clams.

The «black smoker» chimneys are often colonized by giant tubeworms in the genus Riftia, which grow over two meters (six feet) long, as well as limpets, crabs, squat lobsters, and Alvinella palmworms.

In the hot - house tubeworm, new cells persist, enabling the worm to grow fast, but as these long - lasting cells age, they seem to shorten the giant tubeworm's lifespan, she adds.

The giant tubeworm, Riftia pachyptila, grows rapidly but dies young and relatively small.

If both species have such rapid DNA production, they should both grow fast, but they don't because cells in the cold seep worm die much faster than in the giant tubeworm, Pflugfelder says.

Like the giant tubeworm, the mussels have symbiotic bacteria, but these bacteria are contained in the mussel's gills.

Not exact matches

The general mechanisms of symbiosis revealed in the study are of relevance to other symbiotic organisms such as deep - sea tubeworms and giant clams.»