Worm extended for feeding from long curling tube. As opposed to terrestrial tree trunk or even trunk of large branching corals, the secured end of the tubeworm becomes progressively narrower as its root end is approached.
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Date: 2011 August 6
Credit: NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, Mid-Cayman Rise Expedition 2011
Location: Caribbean Sea, Mid-Cayman Rise