Deep sea worm fights ‘poison with poison’ to survive high arsenic and sulfide levels (IMAGE)

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Deep sea worm fights ‘poison with poison’ to survive high arsenic and sulfide levels

Caption

Image of the alvinellid worm, Paralvinella hessleri. A P. hessleri specimen with buccal tentacles extroverted, lateral view. Note that the animal has a bright yellow color

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Wang H, et al., 2025, PLOS Biology, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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