Tube Worms (IMAGE)

Oregon State University

Tube Worms

Caption

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.

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(Courtesy of University of Washington, NSF/Ocean Observatories Initiative/Canadian Scientific Submersible Facility)

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