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vestimentiferan ves·ti·men·tif·er·an V5083800 (vĕs′tə-mĕn-tĭf′ər-ən)n. Any of various often large marine annelid tubeworms of the family Siboglinidae that inhabit deep-sea hydrothermal vents and lack a digestive system, depending on endosymbiotic bacteria for nutrition. Vestimentiferans were formerly classified in the phylum Vestimentifera.
[From New Latin Vestīmentifera, former phylum name : Latin vestīmentum, outer garment; see vestment + Latin -fera, neuter pl. of -fer, -fer.] |