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Animals - CACB Biota
Diversity of Animals, History of Animals, Links. [eng] |
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Introduction to the Pogonophora
About 80 pogonophoran species are known today, with new species still being discovered. One of the most spectacular zoological discoveries of recent years was the finding in 1977 of giant pogonophoran worms, 1.5 meters long, growing in heated, sulfur-rich water around warm-water vents in the Pacific Ocean, 2600 meters below the surface (pictured at right). These worms are sometimes placed in their own phylum, the Vestimentifera, but they are similar to pogonophorans in most respects, and the current tendency is to group these rift-dwelling worms together with the rest of the Pogonophora into one phylum. [eng] |
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Tube worms [This Dynamic Earth, USGS]
Photo. [eng] |
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Pogonophora
Part of Tree of Life - Classification from Brusca and Brusca (1990). [eng] |
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Photo. [eng] |
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