Host Ari Daniel Shapiro dives deep to discover a white worm as tall as your refrigerator that breathes through bright red feathery “lips.” This isn’t a creature from outer space. Meet Riftia, a tube worm that lives in deep-sea vents, and learn the surprising lessons this denizen of the abyss is teaching scientists about life on Earth. Photo credit: Vicki Ferrini, Marvin Lilley Podcast transcriptread moreDuration: 4:14Published: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:18:27 +0000
Figure 2.SEM micrographs A–F Nais badia sp. n. A lateral view of anterior body B–C hairs in VIII and VI D needles in VI E–F ventral chaetae in XIII and posterior. G–L Tubifex montanus G lateral view of the head H hairs in X I needles in II J–L ventral chaetae in IV, XIII and posterior. Scale bar: A 300 µm, B, D and I 5 µm, C, J and K 10 µm, E and L 20 µm, F 40 µm, G 100 µm, H 2 µm.