Spaghetti worm

[Franz Alfred]

Geoff,

Thank you so much. That is what I needed.

Franz

> Woodwick, K., & T. Sensenbaugh. 1985. Saxipendium coronatum , new
> genus, new species (Hemichordata: Enteropneusta): The unusual
> spaghetti worms of the Galapagos Rift hydrothermal vents. -
> Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 98(2):351-365.
>
> Abstract: Saxipendium coronatum , new genus, new species, is described
> from a rocky habitat at the edge of a geothermal vent of the Galapagos
> Rift. The spaghetti worms represent a new family, Saxipendiidae, in
> class Enteropneusta, phylum Hemichordata. Important differentiating
> characteristics at the familial level which are found in the spaghetti
> worms include weakly developed muscles of the proboscis, coronate
> proboscis skeleton, long recurved skeletal crura, simple digestive
> tract and antra associated with testis. Structures lacking in
> spaghetti worms but present in other enteropneusts include vermiform
> process, cauliflower organ, synapticulae,  pygochord, hepatic caeca,
> and large yolky eggs.