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The giant tube worm, also known to science as Riftia pachyptila, were totally unknown to science until scientists researching the deep Pacific ocean floor discovered strange hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor. ... The giant tube worm, also known as Riftia pachyptila, was totally unknown to science until researchers...
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The giant tube worm is one of the most conspicuous members of a diverse community that forms around hydrothermal vents. Scientists once thought that no living thing could survive the harsh combination of toxic chemicals, high temperatures, high pressures, and total darkness at these vents.
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Giant tube worms cant live just anywhere. They grow near hydrothermal ventscracks in the seafloor where hot, mineral-rich water sprays into the ocean. ... Until now, no one knew how fast the giant tube worms grew. "We knew they grew quickly", says oceanographer Richard Lutz, "but we never thought they could grow four feet...
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Resembling giant lipsticks, tubeworms (Riftia pachyptila) live over a mile deep on the Pacific Ocean floor near hydrothermal vents. ... Resembling giant lipsticks, tubeworms (Riftia pachyptila) live over a mile deep on the Pacific Ocean floor near hydrothermal Since a tubeworm has no mouth, how do bacteria enter the worm?
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www.ceoe.udel.edu/deepsea/level-2/creature/tube.html
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Lamellibrachia is a genus of tube worms related to the giant tube worm, Riftia pachyptila. It lives at deep-sea cold seeps where hydrocarbons are leaking out of the seafloor. It is entirely reliant on internal, sulfide-oxidizing bacterial symbionts for its nutrition.L...
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www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Giant_tube_worm
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Giant tube worms live in hydrothermal vents in the deep Pacific Ocean (about 5000 feet down). Scientists didn't even know they existed until recently. They grow about 33 inches every year, and do not depend on sunlight for their source of energy. ... Source: Giant Tube Worm...
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Giant tube worm. Giant tube worm summary with 2 pages of encyclopedia entries, research information, and more. ... View More Summaries on Giant tube worm...
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www.bookrags.com/Giant_tube_worm
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Giant tube worms are annelids. They live on the floor of the oceans(Mainly Pacific Ocean), usually near Black Smokers or hydrothermal vents(which also means Black Smoker). ... The bacteria enter the mouth of a young tube worm but when the worm gets older it's mouth and gut seal up trapping the bacteria forever.
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Giant tube worms are annelids. They live on the floor of the oceans, usually near Black Smokers. They can tolerate extremely high temperatures and levels of sulfur. They live in ... The bacteria enter the mouth of a young tube worm but when the worm gets older it's mouth and gut seal up trapping the bacteria forever.
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simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_tube_worm
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