-
zoologist Maurice Caullery, who
studied them for
nearly 50 years. Most
siboglinids are less than 1
millimetre (0.04 in) in diameter, but 10–75 centimetres...
-
spectacular example of
obligate mutualism is the
relationship between the
siboglinid tube
worms and
symbiotic bacteria that live at
hydrothermal vents and...
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shrimp making up the bulk of
nonmicrobial organisms.[citation needed]
Siboglinid tube worms,
which may grow to over 2 m (6.6 ft) tall in the
largest species...
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observed feeding on a
minke whale carc**** off California. A new
species of
siboglinid annelid worm,
Osedax mucofloris, was
discovered on the carc**** of a 5...
- a
period lasting up to
several decades,
these rock
formations attract siboglinid tubeworms,
which settle and grow
along with the mussels. Like the mussels...
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Pleistoannelida is
composed by two big clades:
Errantia (eunicids,
siboglinids and
related polychaetes) and
Sedentaria (spoon worms, tubeworms, ****ellates...
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Osedax is a
genus of deep-sea
siboglinid polychaetes,
commonly called boneworms,
zombie worms, or bone-eating worms.
Osedax is
Latin for "bone-eater"....
- gland.
Chrysomallon and
Gigantopelta are the only vent animals,
except siboglinid tubeworms, that
house endosymbionts within an
enclosed part of the body...
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morphology and
habitat of
Calyptrina are
similar to the
tubes and
habitat of
siboglinids. At the same time, the
biomarker analysis of the
organic fossil of Calyptrina...
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characterization of
hemoglobins from
Monilifera and
Frenulata tubeworms (
Siboglinids):
First discovery of
giant hexagonal-bilayer
hemoglobin in the former...
