WATCH: Scientists discover gruesome GIANT shipworm
Although experts have recognised that shipworms do exist, no live one has ever been captured up until this point.
The slippery black creature, which can grow up to five feet long (1.55 metres) spends its life residing in a shell burrowed into the ground, feeding on marine sediment.
Despite its name, the shipworm is not actually a worm, but a bivalve, which is part of the same family of the likes of mussels and clams.
As its hardened shell is made out of calcium, the shipworm, the real name of which is Kuphus polythamia, needs to break the top of its shell to grow.