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Polychaeta taxon details

Riftia pachyptila Jones, 1981

266010  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:266010)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Jones, Meredith L. (1981). Riftia pachyptila, new genus, new species, the vestimentiferan worm from the Galápagos Rift geothermal vents (Pogonophora. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 93(4): 1295-1313., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34600182 [details]   
Holotype  USNM 59951, geounit Galapagos  
Holotype USNM 59951, geounit Galapagos [details]
Note Pacific Ocean, Galapagos Rift Zone  
From other sources
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Galapagos Rift Zone [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Riftia pachyptila Jones, 1981. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=266010 on 2024-03-19
Date
action
by
2008-01-04 16:28:44Z
created
2008-03-20 06:44:16Z
changed
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed

original description Jones, Meredith L. (1981). Riftia pachyptila, new genus, new species, the vestimentiferan worm from the Galápagos Rift geothermal vents (Pogonophora. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 93(4): 1295-1313., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34600182 [details]   

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]   

additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]   

biology source Jones, Meredith L. (1985). Vestimentiferan pogonophores: Their biology and affinities. <em>[Book chapter].</em> in S. Conway Morris, J.D. George, R. Gibson and H.M. Platt eds., The Origins and Relationships of Lower Invertebrates. The Systematics Association Special Volume 28: Oxford, Clarendon Press, p. 327-342. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype USNM 59951, geounit Galapagos [details]
Paratype BMNH 1981.1 [details]
From other sources
Habitat abyssal [details]

Habitat at hydrothermal vents [details]

Type locality Pacific Ocean, Galapagos Rift Zone [details]
LanguageName 
Japanese ガラパゴスハオリムシ  [details]