''Heptobrachia'' is a genus of
tube worm
A tubeworm is any worm-like sessile invertebrate that anchors its tail to an underwater surface and secretes around its body a mineral tube, into which it can withdraw its entire body.
Tubeworms are found among the following taxa:
* Annelida, the ...
s in the family
Siboglinidae
Siboglinidae is a family (biology), family of polychaete Annelida, annelid worms whose members made up the former phylum, phyla Pogonophora and Vestimentifera (the giant tube worms). The family is composed of about 100 species of vermiform creatur ...
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Species
* ''
Heptabrachia abyssicola'' Ivanov, 1952
* ''
Heptabrachia beringensis'' Ivanov, 1960
* ''
Heptabrachia ctenophora'' Ivanov, 1962
* ''
Heptabrachia gracilis'' Ivanov, 1957
* ''
Heptabrachia subtilis'' Ivanov, 1957
* ''
Heptabrachia talboti'' Southward, 1961
References
Sabellida
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