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Iskra’s glitter worm, found at depths to 4,000 meters, thrives in chemosynthetic habitats no other worm tolerates

A polychaete worm that lives in whale carcasses, sunken wood, and methane seeps on the deep seafloor has been formally named, ...
Miami Herald

Sea creature — with 170 eyes — found lurking under rock in China. It’s a new species

Scientists found a “flat” sea animal with 170 eyes at a rocky shore in Guangdong Province and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Liu, Lin, Wang, Hu and Zhang (2024) A team of ...

Real photos of an underwater worm you’ll wish were AI

Real photos of an underwater worm you’ll wish were AI It’s time for the blobfish to move over. There’s another ugly sea creature in town (or the reefs, rather), and it’s essentially nightmare fuel.
The New York Times

This Golden Worm Fights Poison With Poison

To blunt the toxic arsenic in the waters where it lives, a deep-sea worm combines it with another chemical to produce a less toxic compound. By Jack Tamisiea Arsenic is a toxic metal, and exposure to ...