Deepest multicellular life
- Who
- H. mephisto
- Where
- South Africa
- When
- June 2011
In June 2011, scientists announced their discovery of a new species of nematode worm which lives at depths of 1.3-3.6 km (0.8-2.2 miles) below the Earth’s surface. The nematodes, H. mephisto, survive in rock fractures filled with fluid, where they eat bacteria. Measuring just 0.5 mm long, the worms were first found in the Beatrix Gold Mine, South Africa.