What a name! I guess the scientists eventually gave up on naming animals and asked a 5 year old, what this one should called. I'm impressed by the inventiveness.This worm was thought to be living in the deep seas (below 2500m) in the north pacific, but has recently been discovered on depths up to 125 m by the shores of Sweden. Here they feast on whale bones (and other bones I guess), which they drill into, leaving only the "plume" visible. Fantastic.
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