Facts: The Pompeii Worm

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Quick facts about one of the most heat tolerant creatures in the world! The pompeii worm (Alvinella pompejana) inhabits deep sea hydrothermal vents. Pompeii worm facts! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References and Helpful Links https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/vents.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2579889/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0967064597000830 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/43002462_Thermotolerance_and_the_'Pompeii_worms' Extremophiles in Deep-Sea Environments. Japan, Springer Japan, 2012. Van Dover, Cindy. The Ecology of Deep-sea Hydrothermal Vents. United Kingdom, Princeton University Press, 2000. Pierce, Simon, and Grime, J. Philip. The Evolutionary Strategies that Shape Ecosystems. Germany, Wiley, 2012. Winner, Cherie. Life on the Edge. United States, Lerner Publications Company, 2006. Moore, Heidi. Giant Tube Worms and Other Interesting Invertebrates. United States, Capstone, 2011. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music: Old Vienna --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Images Licensed Under Creative Commons/Public Domain https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/facts/photochemo.html NOAA Photo Library on Flickr https://creativecommons

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