The Alvinellidae are a family of small, deep-sea polychaete worms endemic to hydrothermal vents in the Pacific Ocean. Belonging to the order Terebellida...

circulatory system and external seawater further assist in oxygenation. Alvinellidae have an exceptionally high congenital oxygen affinity, in addition to...

(tubeworms) and Sabellidae (fanworms and feather duster worms) and the Alvinellidae, a family of deep-sea worms associated with hydrothermal vents. The Canalipalpata...

(sometimes own suborder Sternaspida) Suborder Terebellomorpha Family Alvinellidae Family Ampharetidae Family Pectinariidae Family Terebellidae Family Trichobranchidae...

Pleistoannelida Clade: Sedentaria Suborder: Terebelliformia Families Alvinellidae Ampharetidae Pectinariidae Terebellidae Trichobranchidae Melinnidae...

elsewhere. Acrocirridae (acrocirrids, sometimes placed in Spionida suborder) Alvinellidae (alvinellids) Ampharetidae (ampharetids) Ampharetinae (ampharetines,...

also known as the Sulfide worm, is a species of polychaete worm of the Alvinellidae family that thrives on undersea hot-water vents. It dwells within tubes...

Alviniconcha sp. type 3, Desbruyeresia sp., Phymorhynchus sp., annelids Alvinellidae genus and sp., Archinome jasoni, Branchinotogluma sp., echinoderm holothurians...

They appear to be most closely related to the peculiar alvinellids (Alvinellidae) which inhabit the deep sea, and somewhat less closely to the well-known...

31 families (including the Sabellidae, Serpulidae, Terebellidae, and Alvinellidae, a family of deep-sea worms associated with hydrothermal vents). These...