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tubeworm
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tube·worm  (tbwûrm, tyb-)
n.
Any of various chiefly marine worms or wormlike invertebrates of the phyla Annelida, Pogonophora, Phoronida, or Vestimentifera, living within tubular cases made of mineral or chitinous secretions or of aggregated grit.


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You certainly have a source or methane or liquid petroleum nearby if you find these tubeworms," he said.
9 inches (3 to 5 centimeters) of biomineralizing organisms, creatures such as tubeworms, clams, and barnacles that form their own hard shells.
Microbial biofilm formation is believed to be necessary to initiate fouling by larger more complex organisms, referred to as macrofoulcrs, such as barnacles and tubeworms.
 
 
 
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