🪱Riftia
Riftia is a monotypic genus of polychaete annelid worms in the Siboglinidae family, which contains the sole species Riftia pachyptila, commonly known as the giant tubeworm or giant beardworm.
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The IUCN Red List has not assessed Riftia pachyptila yet.
- Body mass
- 0.65 kg
- Body length
- 2 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- not recorded
Everything we know about the Riftia
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.65 kgmaximum recordedSeaLifeBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Body length2 mmaximum recorded, total lengthSeaLifeBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0.7 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Riftia yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumAnnelida
- ›classPolychaeta
- ›orderSabellida
- ›familySiboglinidae
- ›genusRiftia
- ›speciesRiftia pachyptila
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumSegmented worms · Annelida
- familySiboglinidae
- genusRiftia
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