Tube worms ASHES hydrothermal field (27260324626)
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Description: A lush community of vibrant red tube worms grows on a black smoker chimney in the ASHES hydrothermal field. The tube worms, which are hosted in white housings about the diameter of a person's small finger, are intergrown with brown palm worms. (Courtesy of University of Washington, NSF/Ocean Observatories Initiative/Canadian Scientific Submersible Facility). Date: 27 May 2016, 09:45. Source: Tube worms. Author: Oregon State University.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Bilateria
- Protostomia (protostomes)
- Spiralia (spiralians)
- Annelida (segmented worms)
- Pleistoannelida
- Sedentaria
- Siboglinidae (tube worms)
- Riftia
- Riftia pachyptila (Giant tube worm)
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