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These worms can reach a length of 3 m (9 ft 10 in), [3] and their tubular bodies have a diameter of 4 cm (1.6 in). Its common name "giant tube worm" is, however, also applied to the largest living species of shipworm, Kuphus polythalamius, which despite the name "worm", is a bivalve mollusc rather than an annelid.
"A 'sea pickle'? An animal that can grow to 60 feet long is washing up on the Oregon coast". USA Today. Huge pyrosome captured in the North Atlantic - story and images; Images taken by divers off southern California; The Bioluminescence Web Page; Divers with huge southern hemisphere pyrosomes; Millions of tropical sea creatures invade waters ...
Xenoturbella monstrosa, a deep-sea giant purple sock worm, is a marine, benthic, deep-water worm-like species that belongs to the genus Xenoturbella. It was discovered in eastern Pacific Ocean by a group of Californian and Australian scientists. [2] [3] [4] The species was described in 2016 from several specimens. [1]
In a letter from the Navy Board to the Admiralty dated 31 August 1763 it was written "that so long as copper plates can be kept upon the bottom, the planks will be thereby entirely secured from the effects of the worm." In the Netherlands the shipworm caused a crisis in the 18th century by attacking the timber that faced the sea dike.
A robotic explorer filmed the deep-sea worm as part of Schmidt Ocean Institute expedition of the Chile Margin
The creature’s name is in part inspired by the sand worms from the “Dune” novels, the university said. 500-million-year-old sea worm — ‘unknown to science until now’ — discovered in Utah
The bootlace worm (Lineus longissimus) is a species of ribbon worm and one of the longest known animals, with specimens up to 55 m (180 ft) long being reported. [1] Its mucus is highly toxic. [ 2 ]
A University of Kansas paleontologist exploring an area known for its fossils recently uncovered a never-before-discovered ancient sea worm – and showed off her “nerdy” side while naming it.