Tube worm

A tube worm is any worm-like sessile invertebrate that anchors its tail to an underwater surface and secretes around its body a mineral tube, into which it can withdraw its entire body.

Tube worms are found among the following taxa:

References

  1. "Giant tubeworms" (PDF). Current Biology.
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