''Escarpia'' is a genus of
polychaete
Polychaeta () is a paraphyletic class of generally marine annelid worms, commonly called bristle worms or polychaetes (). Each body segment has a pair of fleshy protrusions called parapodia that bear many bristles, called chaetae, which are ...
s belonging to the family
Siboglinidae
Siboglinidae is a family of polychaete annelid worms whose members made up the former phyla Pogonophora and Vestimentifera (the giant tube worms). The family is composed of about 100 species of vermiform creatures which live in thin tubes buried ...
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The species of this genus are found in Northern America, Eastern Asia.
Species:
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Escarpia laminata
''Escarpia laminata'' is one of the longest living tube worms that can be found in the cold seeps at a depth of 1000m to 3000m from sea level in the Gulf of Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico ( es, Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marg ...
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Escarpia southwardae
''Escarpia'' is a genus of polychaetes belonging to the family Siboglinidae.
The species of this genus are found in Northern America, Eastern Asia.
Species:
*''Escarpia laminata
''Escarpia laminata'' is one of the longest living tube worms ...
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Escarpia spicata''
References
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Polychaetes
Polychaete genera