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8.3 What Are the Characteristics of Giant Tube Worms and Arrow Worms?
8.3 What Are the Characteristics of Giant Tube Worms and Arrow Worms?
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The Sea and Sky website explains the giant tube worm, where it lives, and how it feeds. It also explains the symbiotic relationship the tube worm has with bacteria.

This video explains what giant tube worms are and how they live. It describes how a young tube worm gains the bacteria that helps it feed as an adult.

This brief website explains what arrow worms are. It gives an overview of how the arrow worm feeds and explains that the worms are hermaphrodites.

This video describes arrow worms (chaetognatha), where they are found, and what and how they eat. It looks at research done on chaetognaths.

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