‘Demon of Underworld’ Worm Found in Deep, Dark, Gold Mines, Nature Reports - Bloomberg

‘Demon of Underworld’ Worm Found in Deep, Dark, Gold Mines, Nature Reports - Bloomberg: "Scientists found four species of roundworms in South African gold mines in the first discovery of multi-celled organisms in the deep, dark and hot areas, Nature reported, citing Tullis Onstott, a geo-microbiologist at Princeton University in New Jersey.
One of the worms, found 1.3 kilometers (0.8 miles) below the ground at Gold Fields Ltd. (GFI)’s Beatrix mine, was named Halicephalobus mephisto in reference to the light-hating “demon of the underworld,” the London-based journal said. The worms feed on bacteria that grow on rock walls in biofilms that resemble “snot layers of gelatinous goo,” it said."