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- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus abstract "Mesenchytraeus solifugus is a species of Oligochaete worms commonly called ice worms. Ice worms populate coastal glaciers in North America from Alaska to northern Washington State. They are the only known worm to spend their entire life in temperatures near 0 °C. Even if other places are equally cold, ice worms never venture onto any other terrain. They eat the abundant snow algae and pollen carried by the wind.Mesenchytraeus solifugus have a very narrow acceptable temperature range. Ice worms freeze at around −6.8 °C, and their bodies decompose after continuous exposure to temperatures above 5 °C. This decomposition process, known as autolysis, occurs when the cells produce digestive enzymes and self-destruct. The body literally melts.Adult ice worms measure around 15 mm in length and about 0.5 mm in diameter. Their fluid and flexible body squeezes through air holes and tiny crevasses in ice.The worms appear on the surface in high density; researchers have counted between 30 to 300 ice worms per square metre. On Byron glacier alone, researchers estimate the worms numbered around 30 million. The total number in all the coastal glaciers easily surpasses the entire human population.Ice worms have heavy pigment, absorbing all colours or reflecting dark brown. Yet strangely, they burrow into the glacier to avoid strong sunlight. Carlo Emery named the species solifugus in 1898, meaning \"fleeing from the sun\".In the summer, ice worms follow a diurnal cycle—at the first light in the morning, they sink into the glacier. A few hours before sunset, they poke out from the snow.Ice worms can still be found in broad daylight. Many of them gather in glacial ponds or small streams. Scientists believe the water blocks out the sun's longer wavelengths which the worms avoid, and the freezing water provides the worms with comfortable temperature.In fast flowing glacial streams, an ice worm clings onto the icy surface. Researchers have observed the worms gyrate their head in the stream, possibly catching algae and pollens carried by the water. In still ponds, ice worms gather in bundles. Researchers speculate this has something to do with their reproduction. Ice worms do not graze in groups on the surface. The bonding in the still pond provides the rare opportunity for breeding.Since in the winter the surface temperature on a glacier could reach −40 °C, scientists doubt the worms follow the diurnal pattern. The worms most likely remain below the surface. The snowfall provides insulation and the temperatures below maintain a stable 0 °C. Ice worms can still find plenty of algae in the firm layer, the layer of packed snow in transition to ice. Scientists know little about the ice worm during the winter as the inaccessibility of glaciers prevents further study.It is believed that the ice worm has a life span of five to ten years. Laboratory worms survived in a freezer beyond one year without any food. Researchers are now investigating what prevents the worm from freezing at 0 °C. and looking for the evolutionary steps by which the ice worm diverged from other species. Understanding the ice worm’s secret could help preserve vital organs for transplant, and could aid in understanding of possible life forms on cold planets.".
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus class Clitellata.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus class Oligochaeta.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus family Enchytraeidae.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus genus Ice_worm.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus kingdom Animal.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus order Haplotaxida.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus phylum Annelid.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus thumbnail Mesenchytraeus_solifugus_anterior.png?width=300.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus wikiPageExternalLink ballad_of_the_ice-worm_cocktail.htm.
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- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus wikiPageExternalLink index.htm.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus wikiPageExternalLink iceworm.htm.
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- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus wikiPageWikiLink Alaska.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus wikiPageWikiLink Animal.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus wikiPageWikiLink Annelid.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus wikiPageWikiLink Autolysis_(biology).
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus wikiPageWikiLink Byron_glacier.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus wikiPageWikiLink Carlo_Emery.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus wikiPageWikiLink Category:Animals_described_in_1898.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus wikiPageWikiLink Category:Enchytraeidae.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus wikiPageWikiLink Clitellata.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus wikiPageWikiLink Diurnality.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus wikiPageWikiLink Enchytraeidae.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus wikiPageWikiLink Enzyme.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus wikiPageWikiLink Glacier.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus wikiPageWikiLink Haplotaxida.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus wikiPageWikiLink Ice_worm.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus wikiPageWikiLink North_America.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus wikiPageWikiLink Oligochaeta.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus wikiPageWikiLink Pigment.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus wikiPageWikiLink Pollen.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus wikiPageWikiLink Species.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus wikiPageWikiLink Washington_(state).
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus wikiPageWikiLink Watermelon_snow.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus wikiPageWikiLink Wavelength.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus wikiPageWikiLink File:Mesenchytraeus_solifugus_by_Moore.png.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus wikiPageWikiLinkText "M. solifugus".
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus wikiPageWikiLinkText "Mesenchytraeus Solifugus".
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus wikiPageWikiLinkText "Mesenchytraeus solifugus".
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus binomial "Mesenchytraeus solifugus".
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus classis Clitellata.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus familia Enchytraeidae.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus genus "Mesenchytraeus".
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus name "Mesenchytraeus solifugus".
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus ordo Haplotaxida.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus phylum Annelid.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus regnum "Animalia".
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus species "M. solifugus".
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus subclassis Oligochaeta.
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- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus subject Category:Animals_described_in_1898.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus subject Category:Enchytraeidae.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus hypernym Worms.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus type Animal.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus type Eukaryote.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus type Species.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus type Thing.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus type Q19088.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus type Q729.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus comment "Mesenchytraeus solifugus is a species of Oligochaete worms commonly called ice worms. Ice worms populate coastal glaciers in North America from Alaska to northern Washington State. They are the only known worm to spend their entire life in temperatures near 0 °C. Even if other places are equally cold, ice worms never venture onto any other terrain. They eat the abundant snow algae and pollen carried by the wind.Mesenchytraeus solifugus have a very narrow acceptable temperature range.".
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus label "Mesenchytraeus solifugus".
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus sameAs Q143694.
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- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus sameAs コオリミミズ.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus sameAs IJsworm.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus sameAs Mesenchytraeus_solifugus.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus sameAs m.048q64.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus sameAs Mesenchytraeus_solifugus.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus sameAs Q143694.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus wasDerivedFrom Mesenchytraeus_solifugus?oldid=665165187.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus depiction Mesenchytraeus_solifugus_anterior.png.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus isPrimaryTopicOf Mesenchytraeus_solifugus.
- Mesenchytraeus_solifugus name "Mesenchytraeus solifugus".