Riftia pachyptila

Translingual

Riftia pachyptila at a black smoker vent off the coast of the Pacific Northwest (US)

Etymology

From Riftia + Ancient Greek πᾰχῠ́ς (pakhús, “thick”) + πτῐ́λον (ptílon, “feather”).

Proper noun

Riftia pachyptila f

1. A taxonomic species within the family Siboglinidae – the giant tube worms.

Hypernyms

• (species): Canalipalpata - order; Sabellida - suborder; Siboglinidae - family; Riftia - genus

References

• Riftia pachyptila on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Riftia pachyptila on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Riftia pachyptila on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Riftia pachyptila at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Riftia_pachyptila at Animal Diversity Web
• Riftia pachyptila at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Riftia pachyptila at World Register of Marine Species