A chemosynthetic weed: the tubeworm Sclerolinum contortum is a bipolar, cosmopolitan species

Table 3 Collection details of Siboglinidae specimens examined within this study

Locality	Taxon	Site	Latitude	Longitude	Depth (m)	No. of tube fragments*
Antarctic	Sclerolinum sp.	Hook Ridge Site 1	−62.1969	−57.2975	1174	686*
		Hook Ridge Site 2	−62.1924	−57.2783	1054	87*
		Kemp Caldera	−59.6948	−28.35	1432	95*
Arctic	S. contortum	Loki’s Castle CG2009	73.5662	8.1585	2357	33*
		Loki’s Castle CG2008	73.5662–73.5683	8.1585–8.1563	-	8*
		HMMV CG2010	71.9975–71.9999	14.7329–14.7316	1262	1*
		HMMV VICKING 2006	72.0013	14.7225	1270	50+
GoM	S. contortum	Walker Ridge WR269	26.6833	−91.65	1954	21*

Asterisk (*) denotes samples within which a subset of the tube fragments contained animal tissues

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