Lamellibrachia barhami
Lamellibrachia barhami is a large pogonophore.[1]
Lamellibrachia barhami | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Annelida |
Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
Subclass: | Sedentaria |
Order: | Sabellida |
Family: | Siboglinidae |
Genus: | Lamellibrachia |
Species: | L. barhami |
Binomial name | |
Lamellibrachia barhami Webb, 1969 | |
Description
Its tentacular crown is formed of several, fused, horseshoe-shaped tentacle lamellae. The second segment has two body folds, near which open the genital ducts. The trunk, which comprises 89% of its total body length, is undifferentiated. The true metasoma is without setae. The heart is a simple muscular elaboration of the anterior end of the ventral blood vessel. The brain is large, and from it arises a pair of intraepidermal nerve cords, which extend the full length of the vestimental region; thereafter, they join and form the a nerve cord of the trunk. Associated with the brain and the nerve cords are the dorsal tubes.[1]
References
- Webb, Michael (1969). "Lamellibrachia barhami, gen. nov., sp. nov., (Pogonophora), from the Northeast Pacific". Bulletin of Marine Science. 19 (1): 18–47.
Further reading
- Kiel, Steffen, ed. The Vent and Seep Biota: Aspects from Microbes to Ecosystems. Vol. 33. Springer, 2010.
- MacLeod, C. J., Paul A. Tyler, and C. L. Walker, eds. "Tectonic, magmatic, hydrothermal and biological segmentation of mid-ocean ridges." Geological Society of London, 1996.
- Beesley, Pamela L., Graham JB Ross, and Christopher J. Glasby, eds.Polychaetes & allies: the southern synthesis. Vol. 4. CSIRO publishing, 2000.
- Van Dover, Cindy. The ecology of deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Princeton University Press, 2000.
- Sigvaldadóttir, Elín, Andrew SY Mackie, and Gudmundur V. Helgason, eds.Advances in Polychaete Research. Vol. 170. Springer, 2003.
External links
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