Siboglinidae
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| Riftia pachyptila | |
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| Family: | Siboglinidae Caullery, 1914
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Birsteinia | |
Siboglinidae is a family of annelid worms whose members formerly made up the phyla Pogonophora and Vestimentifera. They are a small group of deep sea tube worms often found growing around deep sea volcanic vents. The rear of the body is segmented.They appear to feed primarily on symbiotic bacteria living in their mouthless bodies. The first specimen was dredged from the waters of what is now Indonesia in 1900.
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