Bizarre deep-sea creatures imaged off New Zealand

[sorseress]

Bizarre deep-sea creatures imaged off New Zealand

 

[monty]

that led me to this, but I don't have time to read it:

Embryology of vestimentiferan tube worms from deep-sea methane/sulphide seeps - Nature

 

[RandyB]

If you are into scuba diving and have access to a boat that can get you into really deep (5,000+ ft) water you can see some really amazing creatures at night. Just do a shallow dive (

 

[Fujisawas Sake]

that led me to this, but I don't have time to read it:

Embryology of vestimentiferan tube worms from deep-sea methane/sulphide seeps - Nature

Sounds like an excellent paper. I figured that these might be related phylogenetically to pogonophorans, but the use of methane instead of sulfide groups may mean a completely different history.