PHOTO IN THE NEWS: "Medusa" Worms Found in Mud Volcano
Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 10:35
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The curly-tentacled critters are one of 20 new species of worm that survive on methane-rich seeps in the seafloor in the Gulf of Cadiz, off the coast of Spain.
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