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.
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.