Riftia pachyptila Jones: Observations on the Vestimentiferan Worm from the Galápagos Rift
- 17 July 1981
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 213 (4505), 333-336
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.213.4505.333
Abstract
The obturacular plume, composed of numerous tentacles, is suggested as a site for the uptake of molecular "food" by Riftia pachyptila (Pogonophora) from the Galápagos Rift; symbiotic bacteria are another possible source of nutrition. Differing organizations of the linings of the five major body cavities of Riftia demonstrate the inadequacy of "coelom" as a descriptive term.Keywords
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