Sentences with phrase «long tube worms»
Clustered there, on the midocean ridge near the Galápagos Islands, were giant clams and mussels and six - foot - long tube worms, anchored to the ground and sticking upright.
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Two years ago, in a kind of crater off the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 10,000 feet down, a team led by Myriam Sibuet of the French Research Institute for Ocean Exploitation, discovered a spectacular cold seep with a vast field of clams and mussels, blue shrimp, purple sea cucumbers, and six - foot - long tube worms growing in bushes next to mounds of gas hydrate.
Not exact matches
Living several decades longer than its shallow - water relatives, Escarpia laminata has the longest known life span for a tube worm, aging beyond 300 years, researchers report in the August Science of Nature.
Some deep - sea tube worms get long in the tooth... er, tube.
Bacteria, which feed on methane and other noxious chemicals, provide sustenance for three - foot - long hollow tube worms and tiny clams.
Attached like a little wiggly worm at the beginning of the large intestine, the 2 - to 4 - inch - long blind - ended tube seems to have no effect on digestion, so biologists have long been stumped about its purpose.
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Consider stocking at least a few representatives from each of the following groups: Sponges — many types, shapes, sizes and colors Zoanthids — colonial anemones (some can be harmful to true corals) Anemones — short tentacle, long tentacle and carpet Corallimorphs — mushroom anemones, Ricordea, Discosoma and elephant - ear Cerianthids — tube - dwelling anemones Mollusks (with and without shell)-- sea slugs, sea hares, nudibranches, turbo snails and many types of living shells and clams Cephalopods — octopus and cuttlefish Worms — feather dusters Arthropods — crabs, hermit crabs, shrimp and lobsters Echinoderms — sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea stars (starfish), serpent stars and brittle stars.