| Citation | Black, M.B., K.M. Halanych, P.A.Y. Maas, W.R. Hoey, J. Hashimoto, D. Desbruyères, R.A. Lutz and R.C. Vrijenhoek, 1997 Molecular systematics of vestimentiferan tubeworms from hydrothermal vents and cold-water seeps. Mar. Biol. 130:141-149. | 
| Ref. | 7675 Black, M.B., K.M. Halanych, P.A.Y. Maas, W.R. Hoey, J. Hashimoto, D. Desbruyères, R.A. Lutz and R.C. Vrijenhoek, 1997 | 
| Page | 143 | 
| Named Used as Valid | Riftia pachyptila | 
| Locality | Eastern Pacific Rise (9°50'North, 104°17'West) | 
| Distribution |