Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Alvinella pompejana
Poliqueto, Polychaeta
Ampharetidae aberrant des sources hydrothermales de la ride Est-Pacifique (Horton et al., 2021).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Order
Terebellida
Family
Alvinellidae
Genus
Alvinella
Species
pompejana
Taxon category: Accepted
Type locality: North East Pacific and East Pacific Rise (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Alvinella pompejana", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19275. Accessed 16 October 2026.