Tubeworm
Common Name: Tubeworm
Scientific Name: Chaeopterus
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Polychaeta
Other Taxonomy: Order: Canalipalpata Family: Siboglinidae
Specimen #:4
Circumstance: Observed online
Specimen Condition: Specimen presumed alive
Location: Unknown (online)
Typical Habitat: commonly found in the intertidal and pelagic zones. Riftia pachyptila lives over a mile deep, and up to several miles deep, on the floor of the Pacific Ocean near black smokers
Invasive? Not an invasive species
Natural area of growth: commonly found in the intertidal and pelagic zones. Riftia pachyptila lives over a mile deep, and up to several miles deep, on the floor of the Pacific Ocean near black smokers
Relationship with humans: No known relationship to humans, just cool to look at and study
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_tube_worm
http://www.ceoe.udel.edu/extreme2003/creatures/tubeworms/
Scientific Name: Chaeopterus
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Polychaeta
Other Taxonomy: Order: Canalipalpata Family: Siboglinidae
Specimen #:4
Circumstance: Observed online
Specimen Condition: Specimen presumed alive
Location: Unknown (online)
Typical Habitat: commonly found in the intertidal and pelagic zones. Riftia pachyptila lives over a mile deep, and up to several miles deep, on the floor of the Pacific Ocean near black smokers
Invasive? Not an invasive species
Natural area of growth: commonly found in the intertidal and pelagic zones. Riftia pachyptila lives over a mile deep, and up to several miles deep, on the floor of the Pacific Ocean near black smokers
Relationship with humans: No known relationship to humans, just cool to look at and study
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_tube_worm
http://www.ceoe.udel.edu/extreme2003/creatures/tubeworms/