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During an exploration of the Porcupine Seabight aboard the French submersible Cyana, large rosettes attributed to echiurans were observed on the muddy bottom, sometimes associated with clumped mounds showing tension gashes. The intrusion of cores into the gashed mounds resulted in the creation of a fountain-like current of water flowing out of the center hole of the rosette, illustrating a direct connection. These two types of traces, which are classified under distinct generic names in recent classifications of deep-sea lebensspuren, are presumed to be produced by the echiuroid worm, being the two ends of an L-shaped burrow. A sketch of deep-sea echiurans' mode of life is proposed. |
