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vestimentiferan
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vestimentiferan
n.
Any of various marine tubeworms, including the giant tubeworms, of the phylum Vestimentifera, that lack a digestive system, depend on chemoautotrophic bacteria for nutrients, and inhabit areas close to deep sea hydrothermal vents or areas of cold water seeps on continental margins.
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Molecular taxonomy of vestimentiferans of the western Pacific and their phylogenetic relationship to species of the eastern Pacific.
DNA barcoding of Lepetodrilus limpets reveals cryptic species by Johnson, Shannon B.; Waren, Anders; Vrijenhoek, Robert C. / Journal of Shellfish Research
Phylogeny and biogeography of deep sea vestimentiferans and their bacterial symbionts.
Absence of cospeciation between deep-sea mytilids and their ... by Won, Yong-Jin; Jones, William J.; Vrijenhoek, Robert C. / Journal of Shellfish Research
These are associated with the vestimentiferans and vesicomyids that are part of the typical hydrothermal fauna.
The morphology of bacterial symbioses in the gills of mussels of the ... by Southward, Eve C. / Journal of Shellfish Research
 
 
 
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