Information about Tube Worm
The name tube worm may refer to any of a number of unrelated tube-dwelling
worm-like invertebrates.
These include chiefly various polychaetes, specifically the family Siboglinidae (beard worms), Serpulidae, and related families of the order Canalipalpata. Other groups also called tube worms include members of the phylum Phoronida (horseshoe worms).
It may also refer to the bright red worms found living at the bottom of the ocean near active sulfur vents. These worms live in huge colonies clumped together around the hydrothermal vents.
These include chiefly various polychaetes, specifically the family Siboglinidae (beard worms), Serpulidae, and related families of the order Canalipalpata. Other groups also called tube worms include members of the phylum Phoronida (horseshoe worms).
It may also refer to the bright red worms found living at the bottom of the ocean near active sulfur vents. These worms live in huge colonies clumped together around the hydrothermal vents.
Invertebrate is an English word that describes any animal without a spinal column. The group includes 97% of all animal species — all animals except those in the Chordate subphylum Vertebrata (fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds and mammals).
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Polychaeta
Grube, 1850
Subclasses
Palpata
Scolecida
The Polychaeta or polychaetes are a class of annelid worms, generally marine.
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Grube, 1850
Subclasses
Palpata
Scolecida
The Polychaeta or polychaetes are a class of annelid worms, generally marine.
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Siboglinidae
Caullery, 1914
Genera
Birsteinia
Choanophorus
Cyclobrachia
Lamellibrachia
Lamellisabella
Osedax
Paraescarpia
Ridgeia
Riftia
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Caullery, 1914
Genera
Birsteinia
Choanophorus
Cyclobrachia
Lamellibrachia
Lamellisabella
Osedax
Paraescarpia
Ridgeia
Riftia
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Serpulidae
Johnston, 1865
Genera
see text.
Serpulidae is a family of sessile, tube-building annelid worms in the class Polychaeta. The members of this family differ from the sabellid tube worms in that they have a specialized operculum
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Johnston, 1865
Genera
see text.
Serpulidae is a family of sessile, tube-building annelid worms in the class Polychaeta. The members of this family differ from the sabellid tube worms in that they have a specialized operculum
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Phoronida
Hatschek, 1888
Genera
Phoronis
Phoronopsis
Phoronids ('Phoronida'), commonly known as horseshoe worms, are a relatively small animal phylum: twenty species are known, in two genera, Phoronis
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Hatschek, 1888
Genera
Phoronis
Phoronopsis
Phoronids ('Phoronida'), commonly known as horseshoe worms, are a relatively small animal phylum: twenty species are known, in two genera, Phoronis
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R. pachyptila
Binomial name
Riftia pachyptila
M. L. Jones, 1981
Giant tube worms are marine invertebrates in the phylum Vestimentifera (formerly grouped in phylum Pogonophora) related to
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Binomial name
Riftia pachyptila
M. L. Jones, 1981
Giant tube worms are marine invertebrates in the phylum Vestimentifera (formerly grouped in phylum Pogonophora) related to
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A hydrothermal vent, also called a "black smoker", is a fissure in a planet's surface from which geothermally heated water issues. Hydrothermal vents are commonly found near volcanically active places, tectonic plates that are moving apart, ocean basins, and hotspots.
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