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Riftia pachyptila,
commonly known as the
giant tube worm and less
commonly known as the
giant beardworm, is a
marine invertebrate in the
phylum Annelida...
- the
coelom of tube
worms (family Siboglinidae, e.g. the
giant tube worm
Riftia pachyptila) and in the body of
symbiotic flatworms of the
genus Paracatenula...
- Like
other tube worms,
vestimentiferans are
benthic marine creatures.
Riftia pachyptila, a vestimentiferan, is
known only from the
hydrothermal vent...
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Colony of
Riftia tubeworms,
anemones and
mussels from a
hydrothermal vent
field on the
Galapagos Rise.
Image from the 2011 NOAA
Okeanos Explorer Program...
- bristle-footed
annelids or fan-head
worms Siboglinidae, the
family of
beard worms Riftia pachyptila, a
species known as
giant tube
worms Lamellibrachia, a genus...
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occurrences and uses of
hemoglobin in
organisms is in the
giant tube worm (
Riftia pachyptila, also
called Vestimentifera),
which can
reach 2.4
meters length...
- ; et al. (1981). "Prokaryotic
Cells in the
Hydrothermal Vent Tube
Worms Riftia Jones:
Possible Chemoautotrophic Symbionts". Science. 213 (4505): 340–342...
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binding them to a
specialized hemoglobin molecule.
Unlike the tube
worms Riftia pachyptila that live at
hydrothermal vents, L.
luymesi uses a posterior...
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appear to have a
similar role in
influencing the size of
giant tube worms.
Riftia pachyptila,
which lives in
hydrothermal vent
communities at
ambient temperatures...
- zones. One
example is the
symbiotic relationship between the tube worm
Riftia and
chemosynthetic bacteria. It is this
chemosynthesis that
supports the...
