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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.
It may also be found among coral reefs. Eunice aphroditois is also known as the bobbit worm [6] [7] or bobbitt worm. [8] The name is believed to be taken from the John and Lorena Bobbitt case, [9] but another possible reason for the name is the worm's jaw. It is sometimes called the sand striker [8] or trap-jaw worm. Traces of their burrows ...
Kaburakia excelsa, the giant flatworm or giant leaf worm, [2] is a species of flatworm found on the lower shore and shallow water in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It occurs on the lower shore and shallow sub-littoral zone .
Researchers have uncovered fossils of giant predator worms, some of Earth’s earliest carnivorous animals that roamed the seas 518 million years ago.
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.
Eulagisca gigantea is a species of scale worm commonly known as the Antarctic scale worm. [2] This species is specifically found in the deep-sea in cold waters like the Antarctic Ocean . The scale worms are named for the elytra on their surface that look like scales.
A robotic explorer filmed the deep-sea worm as part of Schmidt Ocean Institute expedition of the Chile Margin
Alvinella pompejana, the Pompeii worm, is a species of deep-sea polychaete worm (commonly referred to as "bristle worms"). It is an extremophile found only at hydrothermal vents in the Pacific Ocean , discovered in the early 1980s off the Galápagos Islands by French marine biologists .