vestimentiferan

 
Pronunciation: /ˌvɛstɪmɛnˈtɪfərən/

noun

Zoology
  • a very large marine worm which lives in upright tubes near hydrothermal vents, subsisting on the products of chemoautotrophic bacteria.
    • Order Vestimentifera, phylum Pogonophora; sometimes regarded as a separate phylum

Origin:

1980s: from modern Latin Vestimentifera (from Latin vestimentum 'clothing' + -fer 'bearing') + -an