Image ID:29488
Common Name:Giant tubeworm
Scientific Name:Riftia pachyptila
Description:Two species of giant tubeworm together: Riftia pachyptila in the foreground and Tevnia jerichonana in the background. Both species coexist at deep-sea hydrothermal vents.
Location:Hydrothermal Vents, Equatorial Pacific
Keywords:Riftia pachyptila, giant tubeworm, hydrothermal vent worm, symbiotic bacteria, red, Annelida, Pogonophera,