Sentences with phrase «tubeworms growing»
«After about three weeks I started to notice that there were barnacles and tubeworms growing on the back side of this tile but not where I had treated it.»
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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.
Others are free - living and may be found growing on many different surfaces, including rocks, tubeworm tubes and other animals, and even inside chimneys.