Introduction The giant tube worm is an incredible marine species, highly specialized to surviving in its unique, deep-sea environment. Its habitat, the Hydrothermal vents of the ocean floor, are at extreme temperatures of up and more than 700 degrees Fahrenheit. Being discovered in 1977, The Plume is a complex structure, with tightly stacked sheets of tissue forming a gill-like organ, and is used for taking up chemicals from the surrounding waters. The Plume also has lots of blood vessels and contains large amounts of hemoglobin, which gives it a characteristic, blood-red color. Its evolutionary adaptations in the face include some not seen in any other organism on Earth, adaptations thought to be impossible for any worm according to the …show more content…
However, a larva can’t just rest anywhere, for the place it adapts to must have a Hydrothermal Vent. Which is where the Tube Worms nutrients are absorbed from. Now the problem is that once the Tube Worm rests near a vent it loses the adaptation to swim, and therefore becomes a living mound that cannot move. Moreover, once the vent dies off because of the cool water surrounding it, the Tube Worm is not only unable to move but also, get the nutrients it needs to survive, consequently resulting in its death. As a result, we decided to give the Tube Worm the ability to detach itself and swim off. So if the vent it lives off of dies it can move along merrily until it discovers a new one to call home. 3: A brain Why: The Tube Worm can’t move its body to swim if it doesn’t have a brain. Since the brain controls the Muscular System as well as many other bodily systems. We plan on triangulating the brain into the trunk of the Tube Worm since that's the sturdiest and hardest spot of the creature. Making it resemble the human Skull in the aspect of sturdiness and density. Moreover, no other organ inhabits the trunk of the Giant Tube Worm, so it would make it a nondisruptive place to keep the