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tube worm

noun

  1. any of various polychaete worms that construct and live in a tube made of sand, lime, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Such tube worm colonies have been documented in the Gulf of Mexico on the steel luxury yacht Anona.

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At first, Figgener and the other scientists onboard speculated that the object could be a barnacle or a tube worm.

Higley recommends a 45-minute tour of the center’s exhibits, where visitors can observe a tube worm retreat into its shell, let an anemone latch onto their hand with its tentacles, or stand beneath the belly of a gray whale skeleton that spans 38 feet.

Dozens have responded to the Park Service post with guesses, including many who disagree with the tube worm theory.

Last month, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported explorers found a type of foot-long marine tube worm living on a part of the seafloor off North Carolina where methane gas seeps from the earth.

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