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beard worm

NOUN
  1. slender animal with tentacles and a tubelike outer covering; lives on the deep ocean bottom

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  • Certain beard worms, such as Riftia pachyptila, live at ocean floor thermal vents and have no digestive tract; instead they supply hydrogen sulphide and methane to bacteria in their trophosomes, which oxidise the hydrogen sulphide and methane on behalf of the worm. Natural Kinds
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