Vestimentiferan worm

These vestimentiferan worms (marine tube worms) were sampled from a cold seep called "The Builder's Pencil" during the NEW ZEEPS 06 voyage on the research vessel Tangaroa. Image courtesy of NEW ZEEPS 2006 Expedition, NOAA/NIWA.

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