The marine creature was recognized as a new species in 2020 by scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography ...

The tube worm species Alvinella pompejana live around vent systems all along the East Pacific Rise, an undersea geological formation that stretches for thousands of miles.

The tube worm species Escarpia laminata can live for more than 300 years, new research suggests. Photo by Chemo III project/BOEM/NOAA OER.

An expedition to explore the bottom of the sea has glimpsed tube worms living near hydrothermal vents, the first time the bizarre creatures have been seen in the Atlantic Ocean.

As deuterostomes evolved, many species emerged that were more complex than their acorn-worm cousins. But even in later species, some physical features can still be linked to genes in acorn worms ...

This suggests that the tube worms are the second-longest-living non-colonial species ever found in the depths of the ocean – the deep-sea clam Arctica islandica can live for 500 years or more.

Paleontologists have discovered hundreds of 3-million-year-old tube worm fossils covered with holes. Laelaps blogger Brain Switek drills into the cause of these peculiar marks.

These tube worms, over 3 feet tall, live off the 2012 MBARI. May 29, 2013, 7:58 PM EDT. ... with worms and many other species consuming each other and the mineral-laden hydrothermal fluids.

Paleontologists have discovered hundreds of 3-million-year-old tube worm fossils covered with holes. Laelaps blogger Brain Switek drills into the cause of these peculiar marks.

Two new symbiotic porcelain crab species have been described. One of them, from the South China Sea of Vietnam, inhabits the compact tube-like shelters built by the polychaete worm with other ...