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and a survey conducted by the Schmidt Ocean Institute in the East Pacific Ridge reported that organisms such as tube worms were discovered when exploring cavities around deep-sea hydrothermal vents.

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Giant tube worms and molluscs are just some of the creatures identified ... even though it is very expensive and difficult to work in these deep-sea environments,” he added. To date, according to what ...

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A variety of sea life clusters around the vents, which belch out elements that help bacteria, mussels, tube worms and other animals survive at extreme ocean depths. The vent ecosystem has been ...

But a recent expedition has revealed a startling truth: giant tube worms are thriving in these ... shallow cavities in the subseafloor of deep-sea hydrothermal vents,” the study paper noted.

They saw giant tubeworms (Riftia pachyptila), each up to half a metre long, as well as snails and other types of worms dwelling in cavities formed by sheets of cooling lava 2,500 metres below sea ...

But the discovery tells us that we need to be doing more to both understand and protect the animals living far beneath the waves from human activities such as deep-sea mining, the researchers say. "We ...

A deep-sea submersible found worms and snails living in cavities below the sea floor — the first time animals have been discovered in such habitats. The creatures may have been pushed into their ...