Elvis worm. Four new species of deep-sea worm, whose iridescent scales resemble the outfits worn by singer Elvis Presley, have been described by researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego. All four have been placed in the Peinaleopolynoe genus, a group of scale worms distantly related to earthworms, using DNA sequencing. One species was given the name Peinaleopolynoe elvisi, a nod to the king of rock ’n’ roll himself. The specimens were colle
