Eunice aphroditois is a bristle worm ranging from less than 10 cm 4 in to 3 m 10 ft long that inhabits burrows it creates on the ocean floor.
Creepy worm ocean floor.
This species is an ambush predator and hunts by burrowing its whole body in soft sediment on the ocean floor and waits until nearby prey is picked up on one.
It lives mainly in the atlantic ocean but can also be found in the indo pacific ocean area.
These vents are cracks in the ocean floor where very hot mineral rich water bubbles out from the earth s crust.