#tubeworms — Public Fediverse posts

Scientists make surprise discovery of life in the seafloor’s underworld https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/16/science/life-below-seafloor-hydrothermal-vents/index.html

Animal life in the shallow subseafloor crust at #DeepSea #HydrothermalVents: Monika Bright et al. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-52631-9

"the vents belch out elements that help #bacteria, #mussels, #TubeWorms survive... researchers exposed parts of the #subseafloor and uncovered a surprise: #caves connected to the vents teeming with giant tube #worms, some reaching up to 0.5 meter long, and other #animals"

Seascapes of the #DeepSea https://oceanbites.org/seascapes-of-the-deep-sea/

Seascape #ecology in the vicinity of a Blake Ridge cold seep: Kellie Johnson et al. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2023.1198226/full

"The #ColdSeep ecosystem included #mussels, #clams, #tubeworms, and #BacterialMats capable of harnessing energy from the methane and sulfur-rich environment through symbiosis... Outside the cold seep, #SeaStars, #urchins, and #SeaCucumbers dominated. The seep also seemed to be a hotspot for certain #predators such as #octopus"

#SquatLobsters Guide Scientists To New #Hydrothermal Vent Field https://schmidtocean.org/squat-lobsters-guide-scientists-to-new-hydrothermal-vent-field/

"Scientists have discovered a new #HydrothermalVent field... when a Galatheid #crab, also known as a #SquatLobster, came into view. The number of #crabs grew until the #scientists finally arrived on the vent field and were excited to find giant #TubeWorms nestled around the hot water. The Ecuadorian observers onboard the vessel named the vent field Sendero del Cangrejo: Trail of the Crabs.”

#SquatLobsters Guide Scientists To New #Hydrothermal Vent Field https://schmidtocean.org/squat-lobsters-guide-scientists-to-new-hydrothermal-vent-field/

"Scientists have discovered a new #HydrothermalVent field... when a Galatheid #crab, also known as a #SquatLobster, came into view. The number of #crabs grew until the #scientists finally arrived on the vent field and were excited to find giant #TubeWorms nestled around the hot water. The Ecuadorian observers onboard the vessel named the vent field Sendero del Cangrejo: Trail of the Crabs.”

#SquatLobsters Guide Scientists To New #Hydrothermal Vent Field https://schmidtocean.org/squat-lobsters-guide-scientists-to-new-hydrothermal-vent-field/

"Scientists have discovered a new #HydrothermalVent field... when a Galatheid #crab, also known as a #SquatLobster, came into view. The number of #crabs grew until the #scientists finally arrived on the vent field and were excited to find giant #TubeWorms nestled around the hot water. The Ecuadorian observers onboard the vessel named the vent field Sendero del Cangrejo: Trail of the Crabs.”

#SquatLobsters Guide Scientists To New #Hydrothermal Vent Field https://schmidtocean.org/squat-lobsters-guide-scientists-to-new-hydrothermal-vent-field/

"Scientists have discovered a new #HydrothermalVent field... when a Galatheid #crab, also known as a #SquatLobster, came into view. The number of #crabs grew until the #scientists finally arrived on the vent field and were excited to find giant #TubeWorms nestled around the hot water. The Ecuadorian observers onboard the vessel named the vent field Sendero del Cangrejo: Trail of the Crabs.”

#SquatLobsters Guide Scientists To New #Hydrothermal Vent Field https://schmidtocean.org/squat-lobsters-guide-scientists-to-new-hydrothermal-vent-field/

"Scientists have discovered a new #HydrothermalVent field... when a Galatheid #crab, also known as a #SquatLobster, came into view. The number of #crabs grew until the #scientists finally arrived on the vent field and were excited to find giant #TubeWorms nestled around the hot water. The Ecuadorian observers onboard the vessel named the vent field Sendero del Cangrejo: Trail of the Crabs.”

Giant #Worms on a Very Special Volcano https://schmidtocean.org/cruise-log-post/giant-worms-on-a-very-special-volcano/

Dr. Monika Bright: "The question of how #Riftia #larvae settle has puzzled me for a long time. #Tubeworms live on warm vents where fluid emerges from the cracks below. A tiny larva cannot swim against this water flow to settle from above. I hypothesize that the larvae may either settle when drifting at the bottom or settle from below. If they settle from below, then they must get sucked into the Earth`s crust to emerge from a vent."