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Also: Alvinella pompejana
A worm that lives on the walls of black smoker chimneys, among the most heat-tolerant animals known.
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Values as stated in the cited paper's abstract.
| Property | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Temperatures recorded in situ | >80 °C | Cary 1998 |
| Lethal exposure in lab (2 h) | 50–55 °C | Ravaux 2013 |
| Thermal optimum | >42 °C | Ravaux 2013 |
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Cary, Shank and Stein reported that Alvinella pompejana regularly experiences temperatures above 80 °C and a 60 °C gradient along its body.
As reported in: Cary, Shank, Stein (1998). Worms bask in extreme temperatures. Nature. doi:10.1038/35286
Abstract only
Ravaux and colleagues kept live worms in a pressurised aquarium; 2 hours at 50–55 °C was lethal, but its thermal optimum is above 42 °C.
As reported in: Ravaux, Hamel, Zbinden et al. (2013). Thermal Limit for Metazoan Life in Question: In Vivo Heat Tolerance of the Pompeii Worm. PLoS ONE. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0064074