Image ID:29527
Common Name:Deep-sea Pompeii Worm
Scientific Name:Alvinella pompejana
Description:A pompeii worm in its papery tube. Many such tubes form honeycomb-like structures near the tips of black smoker chimneys in the deep sea., ” Peter Batson Deep-sea invertebrates, Hydrothermal vent animals.
Location:Hydrothermal Vents, Equatorial Pacific
Keywords:Alvinella, Alvinella caudata, annelid, deep-sea pompeii worm, hydrothermal vent worm, black smoker worm, tube-worm, extreme temperature, bacterial symbionts