Talk:Kuphus

Giant tube worm = Riftia pachyptila ??

I am no expert, but I see that a Google search on "giant tube worm" gets mostly "Riftia pachyptila", the famous annelid deep-sea rift dwellers, which I believe are "true worms" (if such a term still has meaning). Also our Wikipedia article "Giant tube worm" refers to the same species. I think that this article needs to at least mention the confusion, downplay the claim (featured in today's DYK) that giant tube worms are not worms, and cross reference the Riftia pachyptila article. Very likely the Riftia pachyptila article also ought to mention Kuphus. A photographic comparison contrasting the two species would also be very nice, if one can be found or constructed. Wwheaton (talk) 16:34, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Yes you are absolutely right. I changed the intro immediately to reflect this. Invertzoo (talk) 19:42, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

I also added a sentence to the intro of the Giant tube worm article, and I will consider adding hat notes with a similar message. Invertzoo (talk) 19:50, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick attention! Wwheaton (talk) 22:39, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

This Kuphus polythalamius worm is to my knowledge not known as the "giant tubeworm" but as the "giant shipworm". The giant tubeworm is usually employed for Riftia pachyptila.--Feministo (talk) 02:44, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

I correct the name, from Kuphus polythalamia to Kuphus polythalamius

According to WoRMs database, the right scientific name is Kuphus polythalamius, so that the [agreement] is kept. --Feministo (talk) 01:49, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

I restored "Kuphus polythalamia" in some of the links, as amending them to "polymthalamius" broke them.--Mr Fink (talk) 02:02, 8 April 2020 (UTC)