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    • Methane-seep worm out of its tube head at top and tail at bottom
    Rights: Andrew Thurber, Oregon State University. Published 30 September 2013 Size: 92 KB Referencing Hub media

    A worm out of its tube, with it head at the top and its tail at the bottom. The red structures throughout are its circulatory system, which it uses to harness the overlying oxygen-rich water.

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      Bacteria-fuelled worms soaking in ocean methane seeps

      Cold, oxygen-rich water from the Southern Ocean combined with a super-charged methane seep in the seafloor off New Zealand’s North Island have created a unique food web according to an ...

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