Giant tube worm

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Giant tube worm

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Polychaeta
Family: Siboglinidae
Genus: Riftia
Species: R. pachyptila
Binomial name
Riftia pachyptila
M. L. Jones, 1981

Giant tube worms are annelids. They live on the floor of the oceans, usually near Black Smokers. They can tolerate extremely high temperatures and levels of sulfur. They live in symbiosis with certain bacteria. These bacteria are fed with sulfur compounds and oxygen. The bacteria then turn these compounds into organic molecules on which the host worms feed.

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