''Escarpia laminata'' is one of the longest living

tube worm A tubeworm is any worm-like sessile invertebrate that anchors its tail to an underwater surface and secretes around its body a mineral tube, into which it can withdraw its entire body. Tubeworms are found among the following taxa: * Annelida, the ...

s that can be found in the

cold seeps A cold seep (sometimes called a cold vent) is an area of the ocean floor where seepage of fluids rich in hydrogen sulfide, methane, and other hydrocarbons occurs, often in the form of a brine pool. ''Cold'' does not mean that the temperature o ...

at a depth of 1000m to 3000m from sea level in the

Gulf of Mexico The Gulf of Mexico () is an oceanic basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, mostly surrounded by the North American continent. It is bounded on the northeast, north, and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United States; on the southw ...

. These organisms often reach age of between 100–200 years, with some of them determined to be more than 300 years old. It is possible that some may be aged 1,000 years or more. The species was first classified in 1985.

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* * Polychaetes {{Annelid-stub