How Did Pompeii Worms Get Their Names From at Lois Hartwell blog

How Did Pompeii Worms Get Their Names From. Pompeii worms get their name from the roman city of pompeii that was destroyed during an eruption of mount vesuvius in ad 79. Initially discovered by french researchers in the early 1980's, pompeii worms remained out of reach of research scientists until 1997, when the submersible alvin dove about a. Their name refers to the ancient roman city of pompeii that was destroyed by. Alvinella after the famous alvin submersible used to discover them, and pompejana for pompeii, the ancient roman city that was covered in the eruption of mount vesuvius 1,900 years earlier. It makes its home at the top of hydrothermal vent “chimneys,”. Pompeii worms are enigmatic animals that are only found on the surface of active hydrothermal chimneys. The pompeii worm (alvinella pompejana) is an extremophile—an animal that thrives under extreme conditions. Pompeii worms get their name from the roman city of pompeii that was destroyed during an eruption of mount vesuvius in ad 79. Scientists had the perfect name for these worms:

Pompeii worms get their name from the roman city of pompeii that was destroyed during an eruption of mount vesuvius in ad 79. Pompeii worms get their name from the roman city of pompeii that was destroyed during an eruption of mount vesuvius in ad 79. Their name refers to the ancient roman city of pompeii that was destroyed by. The pompeii worm (alvinella pompejana) is an extremophile—an animal that thrives under extreme conditions. Initially discovered by french researchers in the early 1980's, pompeii worms remained out of reach of research scientists until 1997, when the submersible alvin dove about a. Alvinella after the famous alvin submersible used to discover them, and pompejana for pompeii, the ancient roman city that was covered in the eruption of mount vesuvius 1,900 years earlier. Scientists had the perfect name for these worms: It makes its home at the top of hydrothermal vent “chimneys,”. Pompeii worms are enigmatic animals that are only found on the surface of active hydrothermal chimneys.

The pompeii worm Alvinella pompejana

How Did Pompeii Worms Get Their Names From Pompeii worms get their name from the roman city of pompeii that was destroyed during an eruption of mount vesuvius in ad 79. Pompeii worms are enigmatic animals that are only found on the surface of active hydrothermal chimneys. Pompeii worms get their name from the roman city of pompeii that was destroyed during an eruption of mount vesuvius in ad 79. It makes its home at the top of hydrothermal vent “chimneys,”. Initially discovered by french researchers in the early 1980's, pompeii worms remained out of reach of research scientists until 1997, when the submersible alvin dove about a. Scientists had the perfect name for these worms: Pompeii worms get their name from the roman city of pompeii that was destroyed during an eruption of mount vesuvius in ad 79. Alvinella after the famous alvin submersible used to discover them, and pompejana for pompeii, the ancient roman city that was covered in the eruption of mount vesuvius 1,900 years earlier. The pompeii worm (alvinella pompejana) is an extremophile—an animal that thrives under extreme conditions. Their name refers to the ancient roman city of pompeii that was destroyed by.