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.

Riftia pachyptila, commonly known as the giant tube worm and less commonly known as the giant beardworm, is a marine invertebrate in the phylum Annelida [1] (formerly grouped in phylum Pogonophora and Vestimentifera) related to tube worms commonly found …

Oct 16, 2024 · A deep-sea expedition made the surprising discovery of a previously unknown ecosystem in which animals such as giant tube worms thrive beneath hydrothermal vents.

Jul 18, 2011 · Hydrothermal worms are deep sea creatures, almost as small as a bacterium, and are largely found near hydrothermal vents in the ocean. This shot was captured by Philippe Crassous and submitted to FEI's gallery.

Jun 19, 2020 · The giant hydrothermal vent tubeworms aren’t called “extremophiles” (they live in extreme environments) for no reason. Colonies of these tubeworms live on hydrothermal vents spewing hot, mineral-rich water that, in some places, can reach an astounding 350 degrees Celsius (660 degrees Fahrenheit).

May 10, 2006 · In 1997, nearly 21 years after the discovery of the first hydrothermal vent system, marine biologist Craig Cary and colleagues identified the most heat-tolerant animal on Earth— Alvinella pompejana, the Pompeii worm.

Discovered only in 1977, hydrothermal vents are home to dozens of previously unknown species. Huge red-tipped tube worms , ghostly fish, strange shrimp with eyes on their backs and other unique species thrive in these extreme deep ocean …

Aug 9, 2023 · According to Monika Bright, a zoologist at the University of Vienna, who led the expedition, the assortment of worms, snails and microscopic larvae and bacteria that reside down here adds a new...

The Pompeii worm (Alvinella pompejana) is an extremophile—an animal that thrives under extreme conditions. It makes its home at the top of hydrothermal vent “chimneys,” where superheated water belches from within the Earth’s crust, delivering a rain of mineral “ash.”

Jun 4, 2024 · Hydrothermal vents are home to the highest recorded temperatures on Earth. At oceanic ridges, where rocks are often brittle and fractured, cold seawater percolates down through Earth’s crust, gets superheated by magma, and rises back to the surface.