Riftia pachyptila Jones: Observations on the Vestimentiferan Worm from the Galapagos Rift
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 Galapagos 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.
- Publication:
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Science
- Pub Date:
- July 1981
- DOI:
- 10.1126/science.213.4505.333
- Bibcode:
- 1981Sci...213..333J